(SOLVED) idk how to work a computer

[obtuse plume]

@obtuse fjord

[obtuse fjord]

Restart and before the logo show up click F10

yeah we were all in your place once

[obtuse plume]

ok

[obtuse fjord]

Sorry press F2 not F10

[obtuse plume]

bru

ok

[obtuse fjord]

Asus changes it's bios keys from model to another so we are just trying to go into bios

[obtuse plume]

aaaand im back on windows

[obtuse fjord]

https://youtu.be/PVB8tGEAhyE

[novel igloo]

He opened up boot loader and got it loading, isn't it fine?

That's what I did

[obtuse fjord]

Bro Get Out, Call me in the DMs

[obtuse plume]

this is a load of malarkey

quit trolling

[obtuse fjord]

he tells you to press F2 key

[obtuse fjord]

i am not trolling, why would i

[obtuse plume]

which does nothing

[obtuse fjord]

it's 3 simple steps

1. Shutdown Your Device Completely

2. Hold F2

3. Click Power Button

[obtuse plume]

and when i do that it brings me back to windows

[obtuse fjord]

are you on a laptop or pc?

[obtuse plume]

laptop

[obtuse fjord]

Try Pressing ESC or Alt+F2 when Asus logo appears

one of these should work

[obtuse fjord]

I am not trolling

i don't know what model you are on so i am telling you all the keys for all models

[obtuse plume]

dude why didnt you tell me i had to use alt 😭

[obtuse fjord]

some models use Alt and some doesn't

i don't know what ASUS laptop do you use

[obtuse plume]

ok im in the ms dos ass interface whats next just boot from usb?

[obtuse fjord]

NO

[obtuse plume]

so what

[obtuse fjord]

I NEED YOU IN THE DUCKING BIOS

[obtuse plume]

thats what im in

[obtuse fjord]

image?

[novel igloo]

Chill and dont do anything without telling fish sticks

[obtuse fjord]

GOOD

now go to advanced

and search for boot

Boot has it's own tab

go to it

[obtuse plume]

thats what i meant

[obtuse fjord]

and find secure boot, and turn if OFF

[obtuse plume]

?

oh

[obtuse fjord]

while you are here

make the USB higher

so it boots without headache

[obtuse fjord]

where is Secure BOOT

[obtuse plume]

you tell me!

[obtuse fjord]

search for it

not all devices like the others

if you want video call me

[obtuse plume]

alr i turned it off

from security > secure boot menu

[obtuse fjord]

ok good

now save and restart to the usb

by pressing F12 while booting

[obtuse plume]

alr, im booting linux now

[obtuse fjord]

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now where will you put Mint?

[obtuse plume]

on my laptop idk what u mean

[obtuse fjord]

Drive

[novel igloo]

Do you want to put it on your ssd Or hard drive

Do you want to use both windows and linux or just linux only

[obtuse plume]

the correct option

[novel igloo]

Lmao
Good luck then

[obtuse fjord]

1. If Linux Mint Only > Windows Will Be Deleted
2. If Linux Mint And Windows > You Will Have The Option Every Time You Restart To Boot Either Windows Or Linux Mint

[novel igloo]

He wants to boot linux only

[obtuse plume]

windows will be deleted 😻

[obtuse fjord]

When you click "Install Mint" you will have two options choose 2nd one

[novel igloo]

Just follow the mint installer then

[obtuse fjord]

He Will have to change Disk Type As Windows is already there

[obtuse plume]

wha

[obtuse fjord]

what is your progress?

[obtuse plume]

installation type

[obtuse fjord]

2nd option

[obtuse plume]

so then what now?

[obtuse fjord]

Ok now that's your drive

give me a good picture

[obtuse plume]

which one do i use

[obtuse fjord]

you have 2 disks 1 with 256 GB and other with 1TB

what do you want to install Mint on

[obtuse plume]

dont kno which one i should do

[obtuse fjord]

ok choose the 1TB one

[obtuse plume]

alr

[obtuse fjord]

btw do you have any data that you want to keep?

[obtuse plume]

it’s all backed up dw :3

[obtuse fjord]

ok good

click continue

[obtuse plume]

alr

[obtuse fjord]

it will open a disk partitioner

you need to add some partitions

[obtuse plume]

actually its just asking me where i am

and that wasnt working so i went back and uhh

try again aint working

[obtuse fjord]

does your drive have any issues?

[obtuse plume]

well i gotta do that again

[obtuse fjord]

did you create the EFI partition

it's a requirement

[obtuse plume]

idk what that is so probably not

fuck it can we just video call

[novel igloo]

256 gig is the ssd 1 tb is the hdd

[obtuse fjord]

yeah he's still flashing the usb

[novel igloo]

oh ic

[obtuse fjord]

will probably take the whole summer

[novel igloo]

bruh

[frozen lagoon]

what's the issue

[novel igloo]

nothing
he hadnt disabled RST or secure boot before trying to flash the usb

its fine now i think

[frozen lagoon]

context

[novel igloo]

Hm?
Too long to explain
Bottom line : it's fixed now

[obtuse plume]

nope

i gotta redo everything now

[novel igloo]

Bruh

[obtuse plume]

some error fucked everything up

[frozen lagoon]

and change this thread name to something that reflects the issue

[obtuse plume]

idk how to work a computer

[obtuse plume]

cant enter bios because of this

alr i got it to stop

[obtuse fjord]

Woo

[novel igloo]

Lesgoo
Were you able to install mint

[ionic star]

[obtuse plume]

my brother fucked up the computer again

[pine goblet]

windows strikes again

[obtuse plume]

oh my god

im in the bios and when i look at boot theres no boot options

[novel igloo]

Send ss

Does it show a particular error maybe

Or just straight up no options

[obtuse plume]

cant, no phone storage

[obtuse plume]

this

[novel igloo]

💀

[novel igloo]

Just wait for fish sticks to come online. You probably restarted during an update

[obtuse fjord]

I Can't get up to make me some coffee without someone breaking a thing 🗿

[novel igloo]

Can you screen share in vc and open the camera app

[obtuse plume]

ill just delete + reinstall discord

[novel igloo]

Isn't your hdd failing

[obtuse plume]

typo

[obtuse fjord]

Don't you see Ubuntu option there?!

[novel igloo]

I think your drive which was failing has failed.

[obtuse plume]

absolutely nothing but i put the stick back in

which .efi file

[novel igloo]

Put the liveboot in and boot using it

And check your hdd through storage manager first

[obtuse fjord]

Try this

1. I made "Customized Boot" the top option (yes, I tried them all and played with every single setting in BIOS)
2. Go to "Customize Boot" and switch it to "Add" then define the path to the efi file

With Secure Boot: EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi
Without Secure Boot: EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi

3. Saved and rebooted

[obtuse plume]

grub 64 boot 64 or freaky boot 32

[obtuse fjord]

Just go to BIOS>BOOT>Add>Enter EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi

save and boot

[obtuse plume]

alr i think i got it

aaand all my files are gone :)

[obtuse fjord]

Got What?!

What did you do?

[obtuse plume]

my files are not there bc i booted from the usb

bc i didnt have an os to boot

[frozen lagoon]

your drive is dead.

[obtuse fjord]

Check your drive health

Probably dead but check

[novel igloo]

I literally told him that...

[novel igloo]

.

[frozen lagoon]

when smart fails, it means that the drive is about to die and fail

[novel igloo]

Go to storage manager and check hdd health

[frozen lagoon]

if you don't backup, you'll lose all the data

you can use mint and linux tools to check the drive

[obtuse plume]

it still says its likely to fail SOON so hopefully its still there

ill back it up rq

[obtuse fjord]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1231478135145627719/1231794597018075156/IMG_2448.jpg?ex=6638411d&is=6625cc1d&hm=7ed25e624b2d2b154a4aa0805945e8a96043b8a242feaece573e1d32c825e27f&

[obtuse fjord]

Likely Is A Soft Word To Tell You That It Will

[novel igloo]

Yup storage manager
It's called something those lines

[frozen lagoon]

not really. gsmartcontrol and other terminal tools can check the health

[novel igloo]

Oh I see

[frozen lagoon]

don't expect it to stay alive for too much time

[obtuse plume]

im copying all my files rn

[frozen lagoon]

you have to, before it dies forever

[obtuse fjord]

Yeah you should

[novel igloo]

Buy an ssd if you can if you're gonna replace the drive

[obtuse fjord]

You can just move it to the SSD

[obtuse plume]

how do i do that

[obtuse fjord]

Just open the files>Mount the disk>move the important files

[obtuse plume]

apparently i dont have permissions

fucking hell

[obtuse fjord]

Permission for what?

[novel igloo]

Just give fishsticks remote access again smh

[obtuse plume]

The folder “(folder)” cannot be handled because you do not have permissions to read it.

[novel igloo]

Since you booted from the live boot and not as the user, you don't have permission

[obtuse fjord]

Live USB is pretty much a temporary user