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Just now while installing Windows 7 from a bootable USB which wasn't successfully because of some bizarre Select driver to be installed. issue, before the setup had even started, after which I thought of connecting my passport drive which has Ubuntu on it to check what was wrong, which too didn't boot because of this. (No the Ubuntu wasn't corrupted I checked it elsewhere, worked fine).

The main question:

After connecting my passport drive it occurred to me, what if I hadn't taken out my Windows 7 bootable USB. Which one of the two bootable would have taken priority over the other? And why? After all in the BIOS we only specify USB as the first boot priority not the USB port priority.

Bonus question:

What on earth do you think is wrong with this machine I am trying install Windows 7 on? I have tried all the drivers at my disposal.

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Bleeding Fingers
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Which one of the two bootable would have taken priority over the other?

This entirely depends on the boot order configured in BIOS/UEFI.

Ramhound
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When doing sensitive tasks, always do your best to have a clean environment suitable for your task. In this case, if you dont need it, unplug it.

Leave only the desired installation media plugged-in.

note: make sure you use a usb 2.0 port and not 3.0 port.

note2: the problem with your passport probably relies on your fstab. recheck your UUID's mounted there and corresponding partitions.

As it seems unclear why i asked to take preference for an usb 2.0 port, here is the reason.

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Lorenzo Von Matterhorn
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If the BIOS only offers one choice, it would probably be the first one it finds, which is probably going to be determined by which socket it is plugged into.

psusi
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