PopOS is no longer starting on your new PC.
PopOS is no longer starting on your new PC.
Hello, your portable SSD with Pop-OS is functioning properly with your old PC. You recently installed a new one and are trying to boot into it, but you're only seeing the number increase without any progress. Since you don’t want to perform a full installation due to important data still on the drive, you’re likely facing a boot issue.
Moving an operating system between systems often poses challenges due to unique drivers and configurations. A viable approach is to boot from a Live-USB, save your files to another storage device such as an external USB drive, and then perform a fresh installation.
You might attempt system repair from recovery mode, but I strongly suggest using a live USB. Back up all your data, then perform a clean installation. Alternatively, if you set up separate partitions for root and home directories—since the OS might not auto-create them—you can install a new OS by just changing the root directory; the apps and OS will update accordingly.
Prior to secure boot, I could move a Linux hard drive from one computer to another—even an older model from the late 90s, a large board with a 500MHz CPU and under 200MB of RAM. It still functioned fine. Nowadays, if you don’t have Windows installed on a storage device that you’re using for Linux, simply turning off secure boot might help bypass some problems.