#need help installing mint

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quiet anchor
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so i got a bootable usb and shit i tried to enter my pcs bio settings and it wont see the drive and it always prioritzes the windows one i turned off secure boot just dunno wt to do

topaz sand
quiet anchor
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i actually think its in uefi mode problem is

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it wont let me change shit

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idk how to change it

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what type of bios do you have

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im kinda noob im winging it how do ik

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asus, megatrends?

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what branding is on your bios menu

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the pc is an acer aspire

topaz sand
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search for UEFI, Legacy or CSM in your BIOS

quiet anchor
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just the words

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sure brb

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so in your bios menu there should be a Boot submenu, go over to it and switch the boot mode to UEFI

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if its already set to uefi and dosent work, try legacy boot

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only thing i saw was uefi

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for some reason i dont see most of those settings tho n it wont let me change it it only let me disable secure boot

topaz sand
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can you send a picture

quiet anchor
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how do i do that i cant screenshot it right

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best i can do is my digital camera hooked up

topaz sand
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don't you have discord on your phone?

quiet anchor
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nope

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dont got a smartphone

quiet anchor
# quiet anchor dont got a smartphone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qkr8aoA0wU

YouTube
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Disable secure boot in Acer bios | Acer Laptop | Insyde H2O Bios

This is a quick video on disabling secure boot in acer laptops.

Now, like most of the mid range laptops this laptop has inside h2o bios but unlike others, the option of secure boot cannot be toggled.
When secure boot is enabled we cannot boot any OS from external device so in case you want to switch to Linux or want to reinstall windows you ...

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this vid should help you

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thanks

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basicly, in order to see the secure boot option you need to go over to the security tab and make a supervisor password

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by default its locked behind a "Supervisor" feature

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type the password in and it should allow you to see the secure boot option in the boot submenu

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ive already done this its off

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another thing that could be happeneing and this is more of a microsoft fault is WBM (Windows Boot Manager) is somehow interfearing with the boot

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prob yeah sux

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wait

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why is the usb at the lowest priority? just chang the boot order

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i did it overrides it

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saved it n it reverted it

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it might be windows boot manger then

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n idk if that usb is even the right one n not the mouse or smth

topaz sand
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yes it's probably not the right one

quiet anchor
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it wont see it tho

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idk wt to do

topaz sand
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or simply create a USB in UEFI mode, if you can't change boot mode

quiet anchor
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how do i do that

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here

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do u guys think thatll fix it?

topaz sand
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yes

quiet anchor
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make a usb using rufus and make sure to set it to UEFI in the Rufus menu

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does balena not do that

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balena is a bit touch and go

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i mean etcher woops

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tired

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i perfer rufus because it allows more options

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and works 100 percent of the time.

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i did the usb on etcher tho wouldnt it be weird if i did it again how do i wipe it

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no?

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it will just ask you to format the usb

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then overwrite the data to install a new image of Linux mint

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okay so it can do it again? awesome tysm

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ill try that rn

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just make sure to have it set to UEFI in the rufus menu

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uefi:NTFS

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right?

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is this all good

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topaz sand
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yes

quiet anchor
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swagg thx

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WAIT

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wat

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no you havew to select the Disk image with the select option

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it should open the file explorer

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i just did that

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we good muaha i was gonna do that dw

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didnt mean to give u a heart attack

topaz sand
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you can't start it without an image anyway

quiet anchor
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making sure

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also would rec FAT32 for the FS (File System)

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just makes it smoother

topaz sand
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rufus automatically changes this to FAT32

quiet anchor
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when i do that it overrides the uefi setting did it still take it into account?

quiet anchor
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awesome

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show me the entire thing

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sure

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or come into live support rq, streaming this would be a lot easier

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all set

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can my mic be muted

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nah looks like your good

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swagggg

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just hit start and go.

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ill do da thing then

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should ask you to format it, just accept

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boo it changed the name

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dw

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it really dosent matter.

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the og name was cooler

topaz sand
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change the volume label then

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quiet anchor
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???

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no no its fine

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wts that do just curious

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were trying to get a bootable system, not make it fancy

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go ahead and start it

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i did dw

topaz sand
quiet anchor
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its been going

quiet anchor
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now we wait

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i rlly appreciate the help honestly guys

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its chill

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is this a common issue or nah

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WBM in general is annoying

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wt is it again

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Windows boot manager

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but i think this might just be a UEFI issue

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is it just wt windows made to boot their shit

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this should solve that

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tis done

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do i just try to do wt i did earlier

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update i tried it it didnt display in the list

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is secure boot disabled?

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n also the carder reader sometimes displays n sometimes doesnt

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ya

quiet anchor
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but yeah its disabled rip

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how in the fuck

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idkkk

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ok lets try somthign else

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is fast start disabled on windows?

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noope

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ill disable it

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heres a good video on how to

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off topic when installing linux when u can choose both can u ever just like go to just linux or is it a pain

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i noticed fast start up was in the bios

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i disabled fast boot in the bios ill also do this

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i disabled both

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rip

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didnt fix it

quiet anchor
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update guys the usb was buns im on mint rn

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i just switched to a diff usb

quiet anchor
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Good! Sorry we couldn’t help with the install. Sometimes some things are just so stupidly simple it makes no sense