#Stuck on install multimedia codecs while trying to install

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tardy bronze
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First of all, this laptop does not have a working internal hard drive, so I am using a portable usb hard drive, when I first tried to boot into the boot drive I had, it said Failed to open \EFI\BOOT\mmx64.efi A blog post online told me to change the name of a file, and disable secure boot in BiOS. I did those steps and was able to boot into the mint screen before downloading, I click install Linux Mint go through the process of downloading, then I check Install Multimedia Codecs and hit continue and it "loads" for an hour, I quit, restart, and go back through, and install again this time diabling the installing codecs box and it is hanging still right now, I do not know what to do.

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tardy bronze
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For some reason, after 3 and a half hours, something finally happens

fathom orbit
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Glad you got it working 💪

tardy bronze
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It’s stuck on this now

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But I may just have to wait 3 and hours hours again

fathom orbit
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Interesting...

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Did you click Yes or No?

tardy bronze
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yes

fathom orbit
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nice

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Well i have no idea why it is stuck sadly

tardy bronze
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Thanks for the support

fathom orbit
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can you not click continue?

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Can you type in the text box?

tardy bronze
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I clicked continue when it said Chicago

fathom orbit
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Maybe do a restart and head into boot menu and try install Mint again

tardy bronze
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ok it continued to the Who are you screen

fathom orbit
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Install the multimedia codecs and click yes

tardy bronze
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I'm probably good for the rest of the install

tardy bronze
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aand the installer crashed

royal imp
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for reference a typical install takes only 10 to 20 minutes to finish.

orchid fjord
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Installing to an external drive? Sounds like that thing is dog-slow. Even if you get it installed, it will not be pleasant to run off that. Consider getting a better one, or find out why it is so slow. Bad cable perhaps?

tardy bronze