Problems installing Ubuntu?

[aidanjperry]

I put Ubuntu on a USB drive with Rufus the same way I have done it any other time. I plug it into my streaming PC to boot and set the boot order. I get a screen that has a bunch of options, among them “install Ubuntu” so i go to click enter and all I get is a flashing terminal cursor on my monitor. I do the option to test my hard drive as well and I get the same cursor I change my settings in Rufus to a few different combinations and I get the same thing. What is my issue or what am I doing wrong?

Any help is good help in my opinion.

BTW i have corrupt windows currently installed on the hard drive should i format the hard drive?

 

[bethnesbitt]

In the past trying Rufus on a USB drive never worked well. What always worked best for me was:

1. Try to dd the Ubuntu ISO onto a thumb drive, if possible, from a machine with some type of linux on it:

sudo dd if=ubuntu.iso of=/dev/sdb

That really is the most effective approach

2. Try Unetbootin instead, have used this on ubuntu myself with success, and there is a windows version, cannot verify how good the windows version is, but , it works great on linux, so do not see why not.

https://unetbootin.github.io/

 

[Rocky Bennett]

I have always used Rufus and it always works perfectly. What is a streaming computer?

 

[The Paladin]

what ISO of Ubuntu did you get ? there are many flavors, booting live Ubuntu ISO should load GUI interface then offer the choice to install and walk you through all the steps of the install before doing anything.

while using Rufus always make sure the choice is set to UEFI/BIOS compatibility.