On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM Maureen L Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
> I should have been clearer to you guys. Sorry about that. > > It is a Lenova Think Centere SN-MJO1ES56 and I have no idea what is inside > of it since even windows won't load without a code, the problem is he > cannot get to his email. > What do you mean by Windows will not load? Is the code at the BIOS level for full disk encryption or is it a Windows login issue? If the goal is to replace Windows with Debian then you do not require a Windows login. If it is full disk encryption then you will want to disable it in the BIOS. Have you tried booting from a Debian Live DVD? You can download the image here: https://www.debian.org/distrib/ Tim > It comes from AOL, verizon sold us to them. I tried to get to his email > but he does not know his password. He is trying to use his phone to change > his password. Until then I cannot even get windows up at all without the > damn code. He will never do that again but he was trying to save some > money. I can get into the CMOS and will see what I can find there. I will > also look at the video about using a usb instead. > > > On 10/15/25 6:23 PM, David wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Oct 2025 at 18:57, Maureen L Thomas <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > A friend of mine bought a refurbished computer. It is an all in one > ThinkCenter by Lenova. I have changed settings in the CMOS so that the > USB would show up first. Nothing that I have done works. It just says > no files to load and I tried many times. It is an older computer and it > weights a ton. Can anyone tell me how to get Linux on this machine. > Since I did not buy this one I have no idea what is inside of it. Hope > some knows how to get around this problem. > > Hi, > > It is hard for us to help you unless you give us accurate details. > > It is hard for us to help you if we do not know exactly what computer you > are using. "ThinkCentre" is not enough information. > > Please tell us the model number of the computer. > > Here are instructions how to find it: > > https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht510152-how-to-find-serial-numbers-pc > > Here is a video how to boot a ThinkCentre PC from a USB drive: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8dZbcLFw2Q > > Please try to do all of the steps in the video, and if anything is > different or does not work for you then tell us exactly what is different. > > It is hard for us to help you based on vague statements like "nothing > works" and "it says no files to load". > > If you see any failure message then please tell us EXACTLY what the entire > message says, and at what step in the process. > > Let us know how you go, good luck. > > > -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
