06-30-2014, 12:11 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-30-2014, 12:39 AM by gold_finger.)
N4RPS,
Thanks for posting that -- I forgot to address that part of the question.
@Skar,
Here's one more tool I've heard is reliable to use for creating live USBs from Windows: http://rufus.akeo.ie/.
Also, to give you a little clarification on why I asked for the information I did in prior post -- I suspect your system is booting in UEFI-mode and that both Windows and Ubuntu are installed that way. If that is the case, then you MUST use a 64-bit version of Linux Lite. "Officially", Linux Lite does not support installing in UEFI-mode, but if that is what you have I would like to try guiding you through that just to see if it will actually work. (I suspect it will, but am not sure.) Anyway, the results of those two commands I posted will show what kind of installation you have in Windows and Ubuntu. That's why I asked for them.
P.s.
Just in case you and I are never online at the same time, here is a guide to installing to a Win 8 machine with UEFI booting. There is a lot of info there, so take your time. If it is confirmed that a UEFI-mode installation is needed then please follow guidance for making backups of anything important and also create a Windows recovery USB. (There should be a program on your computer for doing that.) Don't attempt installing without doing those things first and don't proceed with an install attempt until I see your partitions from the 'parted' command.
For now, just do the prep work and familiarize yourself with what the steps will be. If your whole hard drive is taken up by partitions for the other operating systems, you will need to shrink one or more of the existing ones to make room for the Linux Lite install. If you are already familiar with doing that, go ahead and do that in preparation too. (Confirm that booting into both existing OSs still works correctly after the shrink and post back with a screenshot of the drive in GParted after that if possible.)
Thanks for posting that -- I forgot to address that part of the question.
@Skar,
Here's one more tool I've heard is reliable to use for creating live USBs from Windows: http://rufus.akeo.ie/.
Also, to give you a little clarification on why I asked for the information I did in prior post -- I suspect your system is booting in UEFI-mode and that both Windows and Ubuntu are installed that way. If that is the case, then you MUST use a 64-bit version of Linux Lite. "Officially", Linux Lite does not support installing in UEFI-mode, but if that is what you have I would like to try guiding you through that just to see if it will actually work. (I suspect it will, but am not sure.) Anyway, the results of those two commands I posted will show what kind of installation you have in Windows and Ubuntu. That's why I asked for them.
P.s.
Just in case you and I are never online at the same time, here is a guide to installing to a Win 8 machine with UEFI booting. There is a lot of info there, so take your time. If it is confirmed that a UEFI-mode installation is needed then please follow guidance for making backups of anything important and also create a Windows recovery USB. (There should be a program on your computer for doing that.) Don't attempt installing without doing those things first and don't proceed with an install attempt until I see your partitions from the 'parted' command.
For now, just do the prep work and familiarize yourself with what the steps will be. If your whole hard drive is taken up by partitions for the other operating systems, you will need to shrink one or more of the existing ones to make room for the Linux Lite install. If you are already familiar with doing that, go ahead and do that in preparation too. (Confirm that booting into both existing OSs still works correctly after the shrink and post back with a screenshot of the drive in GParted after that if possible.)
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