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@HistoPol
OK. You still have your windows working as it was?
With liveUSB nothing should happen but good practice always says to make backups.
There are several LTS (long term support) that slightly overlap in years you can upgrade from one to the next.
You can try another distribution like #linuxmint Or #fedora .
This is what default Ubuntu looks like:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ubuntu+desktop&t=fpas&iax=images&ia=images
Default fedora:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=fedora+desktop&t=fpas&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images
Default mint:
https://linuxmint.com/screenshots.php
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@amunizp @ubuntu @Linux4Everyone @linux
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Thanks will look at this tomorrow.
No, the PC had (!) already not been working anymore b/c some smart-ass HP support technician thought it necessary to update the BIOS as a 1st step in finding about why the replaced battery did not work longer than only 45 min. Now, the PC doesn't find a bookable OS on the 2 upgrade SSD's anymore, that had been working nicely for several years. What he should...
@amunizp @ubuntu @Linux4Everyone @linux
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...have done, is to check and reset the max #BatteryCapacity, a manager from a specialist battery company informed me recently. The content on the upgrade SSDs is still unchanged, though.