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  • The old HDD had Lubuntu - originally chosen because the laptop was old. It's fine, and ran well, but it's a bit dated. I was hoping with a new SSD and 8GB RAM (previously 3GB) I would be able to happily run a nicer OS.

    A quick look online seemed like an Ubuntu OS cloan would be harder than Windows cloan and most of the online guides are for Windows clowning. Plus installing a new OS didn't seem that hard.

    Legacy/uefi bios mismatch

    That's the answer I keep getting from the Ubuntu forum, but I've tried both installations, then also running with the bios settings matches and mismatched.

  • You trying with a USB3 stick by any chance?
    I've had problems with them that were solved by trying an older USB2 stick

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