Lenovo Yoga Thinkpad won't install from USB/CD (I fixed this by upgrading the BIOS from Lenovo web site

Recently I bought a Lenovo Yoga 6th Gen ThinkPad 11e 2-in-1 Laptop Windows 10 Pro 8GB RAM 256GB SSD. This is very nice! But …

I intended putting Ubuntu on this. Can not install from USB. Even tried my external hard drive.

1The ISO have been burned by Rufus,

went through BIOS.

2 Read the BIOS topics here on the forum put in buy others

3 Downloaded Tunic to install from within Windows.

4 Changed everything around in BIOS to the point I couldn’t boot into Windows! Fixed that, 98%.

5 One time the grub> prompt came up. Don’t remember how I got around that except read where a guy did control alt delete … the old standby that use to fix most things in Windows!

6 Came across Boot category in BIOS that listed EXCLUDED FROM BOOT PRIORITY ORDER! Which was USB FDD, USB HDD San Disk Cruzer Glide, USB CD.
Tried to upload a picture.

Now I believe this Thinkpad had been part of a Corporation hand outs to certain employees. They blocked all input so nothing could be altered/changed.

I did find out how to remove the block. Now HDD comes up as a choice from F12. Though it doesn’t do anything after being selected.

It’s a learning experience, this is the first computer, Lenovo Thinkpads, or any computer that I’ve had this problem. Need help.

Thank you in advance,

Glad to hear that a BIOS update addressed the locked items!

Thank you. I’d tried everything thing else. It’s now running great with Ubuntu 24.04. Have a nice day!

This is a common issue with newer ThinkPads and is usually caused by the BIOS, not the USB. Since updating the BIOS fixed it, the laptop was likely using an older or locked corporate BIOS that blocked booting from USB.