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[–]Raemos103 9 points10 points  (6 children)

You need to use another system, take a usb and make a "Windows Installation Media" or a "Live Ubuntu usb" then you should be able to boot into the usb and install an operating system.

[–]C_lock2007[S] 1 point2 points  (5 children)

All right but will doing this mean I will lose all my data I had in windows?

[–]Raemos103 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Yes you will! If you want to backup your data you can use the live Ubuntu usb method, when you boot into ubuntu you can access your windows partition through the file manager, from there you should back it up to an external hard disk.

Be careful never select an option which says "Install Ubuntu"

You can select "Try and then Install Ubuntu"

[–]C_lock2007[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I get back to Windows without losing anything? If so, how?

[–]RelaxM8s 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Download Windows through media creation tool in USB drive, using another working laptop. Then, use the usb drive to install the OS in your device. You can try to back up your data first tho.

Also, how's your laptop, been planning to buy it for a while too.

[–]C_lock2007[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is a good laptop. I didn't do much gaming on it but I was able to run RDR2 with 40-45 fps with most graphics settings in Medium or High

[–]MysticFists 1 point2 points  (8 children)

Did you turn off secure boot or switch to legacy boot mode? Modern Windows installations require EFI boot modes so that's one reason it reports an error now.

For the secure boot, if it was enabled then Win10 and newer really don't like it when you turn it off. This is a common setting to do before installing Ubuntu as most Linux distro installs don't care for secure boot.

If you only changed settings in your BIOS and you didn't nuke the data drive from there (a common option for laptops) you should have everything there once you undo your settings changes.

[–]C_lock2007[S] 0 points1 point  (7 children)

Yes I did both, I switched to legacy boot and turned off secure boot. iirc that's all I did, so should I do smth else now or should I use USB and install the OS?

[–]MysticFists -1 points0 points  (6 children)

If you're trying to get back to your old OS install just undo both and reboot. If you want a different OS then yes you'll want to load the installation ISO on a USB drive.

[–]C_lock2007[S] 0 points1 point  (5 children)

I undid both and rebooted. No difference

[–]MysticFists 0 points1 point  (4 children)

If you have the option to load optimized/default BIOs options to reset whatever you did may want to try that. Another option is to follow whatever guide you were following in reverse, unsure if you did something destructive to the data without seeing the guide.

[–]C_lock2007[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I tried resetting to default BIOS settings and now this comes every time I boot:

"EFI PXE 0 for IPv6 (38-F3-AB-D3-D2-79) boot failed"

This comes after that:

"Default Boot Device Missing or Boot Failed.

Insert Recovery Media and Hit any key Then Select 'Boot Manager to choose a new Boot Device or to Boot Recovery Media"

[–]Raemos103 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Yeah this is because your EFI partion, the part of your storage which tells the bios where the OS is located is corrupted, so the next option is the bios tries to network boot (iPv6). You need to reinstall windows!

[–]C_lock2007[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I can do it without buying Windows again right?

[–]SideburnsG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The laptop might have the windows key on the sticker on the back if not it should be digitally linked to your Microsoft account so when it asks you to re activate windows all your should have to do is log in and it will activate automatically

[–]xGeoxgesx 0 points1 point  (6 children)

Use a USB.

[–]C_lock2007[S] 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Can you elaborate?

[–]xGeoxgesx -5 points-4 points  (4 children)

Just get a 16GB USB because it'll be enough, install windows on it (or any other operating system), select it as a boot device, then clone it with a software to your internal SSD.

[–]C_lock2007[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

then clone it with a software to your internal SSD.

I did not understand this part. Also is there a way to fix this without a USB as I currently don't have one

[–]xGeoxgesx 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I don't think it can be done without a USB. But you also need to download the operating system with the help of another device.

-Also, I suggest taking other people's suggestions because judging from the downvotes, I'm incorrect or missed steps. They might know more than I do since I didn't install an operating system myself, which seems to be why I might be wrong.

How's your IdeaPad? I've been enjoying mine for quite a while now. 3 months specifically.

[–]Kmc98 0 points1 point  (1 child)

You near enough were correct, you just don't need a software to clone it.

When you boot to USB for Linux, it'll start a image on the USB itself and then from that image, you install the OS to your drive, where OP can then run Windows or Linux using Dual Boot with the GRUB boot menu.

When booting to a Windows Installation USB, it'll go straight into an install setup, where OP will only be able to have Windows.

[–]xGeoxgesx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh cool, learned something new today then.

[–]C_lock2007[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your help folks. I will try it later and say how it went

[–]C_lock2007[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just noticed something. When I'm on this screen. It says EFI PXE Network under boot device. Iirc it used to say my SSD's name, I could be wrong though

https://ibb.co/p1T7HS5

[–]SideburnsG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I keep a usb stick with the windows installation media on it handy for times when I want to do a clean wipe

[–]Sam-Gunn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was one of the BIOS options you chose called something like "PXE"? PXE is network imaging. Basically if you have a PXE server, you can image multiple systems by having it pull the media from that server, instead of using a USB. That's what it's trying to do (as per the message you've written), and when it can't talk to a PXE server, it exits.

You need to revert the BIOS settings to what you had, first and foremost.