#can't install linux mint with unetbootin

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gleaming estuary
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Hello, I have been trying to install linux on my old windows 10 laptop, i have the iso already but I don't have any usb sticks or CDs available right now, someone on google told me I had to use unetbootin and I almost installed it but it gets stuck in a step, can someone recomend me a way to install linux mint without the usb stick and cd?

gleaming estuary
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I do have a few sd cards laying around though

elder fable
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you could get a usb card reader to use a SD card

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or install a virtial machine like virtial box onto the Windows OS, and give the vm passthru access to the hard drive. then slap the iso in the vm, start it, and choose 'something else' and install manually to the hdd. (see the Disks application in Accessories in mint menu first to see the disks and drive names/partition numbers)

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note: turn off Windows Fast Startup in Control Panel and reboot first, to do the dual boot method using a VM way.

elder fable
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^ the manual installer chart page.

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you'd highlight the Windows partition with lots of free space on it, then click the change button, and resize (shrink it by say 40 to 150 GB)

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then click the free space in the chart, and click the plus sign near the change button to add a new partition matching what's shown in picture there for type and mountpoint (/) and format tick. Ignore the last 2 partitions in the diagram.

gleaming estuary
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Hello, thank you for your help, I am trying to partition the hdd but instead of "free space" i have "unusuable" and I can't click on the plus sign

elder fable
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that or idk if you are in VM, and the real hard drive passthrough is not being accessed or set up right

gleaming estuary
gleaming estuary
elder fable
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check in windows disk management

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if u see ANY mention of bitlocker there, then that's the case

gleaming estuary
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will there be a way to undo this encryption?

elder fable
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bitlocker settings