So i'm a bit of a noob, and i'm trying to install linux mint on a separate partition on my SSD in order to dualboot.
So,, what do i do here ? I don't recognize anything
#I want to install linux mint on a separate partition on my SSD, what do i do
simple siren
and this is another picture of it if it helps
feral cloud
Use "install alongside windows" option
simple siren
where is it ?
feral cloud
One screen back, where you picked "something else"
feral cloud
Then it doesn't detect windows install. Make sure you have "fast startup" disabled in windows, secure boot disabled in uefi, and you're booting in the same mode as windows (uefi or CSM)
simple siren
okay, I will try that, thanks
feral cloud
And make sure you're not using bitlocker
simple siren
I hope i'm not, and btw I already made a partition before booting linux. and by that i mean actual partition (i'm back on windows and somehow discord isn't letting me sending a message before 10 minutes with a 4 hours timer)
feral cloud
I hope i'm not, and btw I already made a partition before booting linux. and by ...
Do you mean unallocated space, or actual partition?
hollow prism
So i'm a bit of a noob, and i'm trying to install linux mint on a separate parti...
get out of that
open Disk Management in WIndows
then maximize it.
if there's any mention of bitlocker there, disable AND decrypt fully.
then turn windows fast startup off.
then shrink the c: volume by 65 to 100 GB or more in disk management
then boot linux live and pick the 'install alongside' option. it MUST show that
@simple siren
simple siren
i did that, i'm now trying to install again
didn't work 🙁
also i partitioned free space on my secondary HDD not SSD sorry
hollow prism
also i partitioned free space on my secondary HDD not SSD sorry
what stage are u at ?
if you're in windows, do win+r keys, then msinfo32 and tell me the bios mode it reports
simple siren
I changed the modes in the bios
i changed from sata to something else
(i'm on linux rng now)
HEY IT SEEMS THAT I GOT IT
hollow prism
close that immediately or back out of it
why arent u using the 'install alongside' option?
simple siren
because it's not here
hollow prism
hence why you're doing it wrong
simple siren
is it bad if I don't use 'install alongside' and I install it on the free space
hollow prism
I changed the modes in the bios
u didnt read what i said
go back to Windows.
do precisely what i asked there via msinfo32 and answer
simple siren
okay...
It says the bios mode is UEFI
(I can't communicate directly with messages on windows due to the stupid timer)
"Hibernation is not available"
@hollow prism
hollow prism
ok next, in windows. open powershell.
do powercfg /a
what's it state for fast startup precisely?
@simple siren
hollow prism
ok so carry on
hollow prism
is it bad if I don't use 'install alongside' and I install it on the free space
kind of.
at the minimum, it's a very inconvenient dual-boot result.
at worse, u overwrite windows
timber rock
okay...
It says the bios mode is UEFI
(I can't communicate directly with message...
Are you talking about some timer here on Discord? 
hollow prism
or something that wasn't meant to be overwritten
simple siren
Are you talking about some timer here on Discord? <:popcorncat:77200482214451609...
Yes there was a 10 minute timer that lasted 5h
Also, thanks !, i will try that
I'm back on linux, i booted it from the UEFI: flash drive
!!!!!!!!
IT SEEMS GOOD
uh, didn't know my windows 10 install was nonbinary
imma go ahead
!!!!! seems like it works
hell yeah finally
hollow prism
looks like it found the void space you left on sda.
of approximately 106,000 Metric Megs, shown earlier in white chart pic.
do note, the bootloader is likely on shared space on the nvme drive's EFI partition.
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