I have issues with not being able to update my bios/UEFI and I keep getting an error where my laptop tries to install a new bios update on its own but it fails repeatedly and the same if I try to update it manually, it says it can not find the file location of where to save the file, its time to do a clean install of ubuntu so I figure I will remove ubuntu completely then try to update the bios then install ubuntu again, do I need a usb windows recovery disc before I begin? what procedure is best to follow and in what order? I googled this and seen different methods and want to make sure I do not mess up my laptop.
I am going to upgrade 18.04 to 20.04 I know if I backup and restore some configuration files that it can mess up my new install so what files can I safely back up? pretty sure no hidden files in my home folder.
This is an hp laptop, I have been running ubuntu 18.04 on it without issues except for the bios issue and I recently installed different DE's which also are causing issues which I will not do again.
I am going to upgrade 18.04 to 20.04 I know if I backup and restore some configuration files that it can mess up my new install so what files can I safely back up? pretty sure no hidden files in my home folder.
This is an hp laptop, I have been running ubuntu 18.04 on it without issues except for the bios issue and I recently installed different DE's which also are causing issues which I will not do again.