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soft quail Dec 13, 2025, 3:19 PM

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@dusk flume

dusk flume Dec 13, 2025, 3:38 PM

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And how did you get that?

soft quail Dec 13, 2025, 4:27 PM

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dusk flume And how did you get that?

Um when I reduced my graphics

dusk flume Dec 13, 2025, 4:29 PM

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Try going to the launch options and using

PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%

soft quail Dec 20, 2025, 11:37 AM

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dusk flume Try going to the launch options and using PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%

@dusk flume sorry for late reply

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Now it doesn’t launch

dusk flume Dec 20, 2025, 11:40 AM

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Alright, let's see.... in the launch options use

PROTON_LOG=1 PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%

when it crashes again, send the log file from your home folder

soft quail Dec 20, 2025, 11:41 AM

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dusk flume Alright, let's see.... in the launch options use PROTON_LOG=1 PROTON_USE_WINE...

Hey

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When i removed the command it ran

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But after the cutscene it crashed again

dusk flume Dec 20, 2025, 11:43 AM

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I need the log with

PROTON_LOG=1 PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%

soft quail Dec 20, 2025, 11:43 AM

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How can i share the log with you

dusk flume Dec 20, 2025, 11:43 AM

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paste the file here

soft quail Dec 20, 2025, 11:44 AM

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What file?

dusk flume Dec 20, 2025, 11:45 AM

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in your home folder there will be a steam-541124.log (or other numbers) file, paste it here

soft quail Dec 20, 2025, 11:49 AM

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dusk flume in your home folder there will be a steam-541124.log (or other numbers) file...

I am searching there’s a lot of file

dusk flume Dec 20, 2025, 11:49 AM

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make a screenshot

soft quail Dec 20, 2025, 11:50 AM

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dusk flume make a screenshot

Of searching?

dusk flume Dec 20, 2025, 11:50 AM

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of your home folder

soft quail Dec 20, 2025, 11:51 AM

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dusk flume Dec 20, 2025, 11:52 AM

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are there more below?

soft quail Dec 20, 2025, 11:53 AM

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soft quail

Yes

dusk flume Dec 20, 2025, 11:53 AM

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show the bottom then

soft quail Dec 20, 2025, 11:54 AM

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dusk flume Dec 20, 2025, 11:55 AM

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what a mess....

soft quail Dec 20, 2025, 11:56 AM

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sorry i dont know anything did i fuck up

dusk flume Dec 20, 2025, 11:57 AM

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Did you run the game with these launch options?

PROTON_LOG=1 PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%

soft quail Dec 20, 2025, 11:57 AM

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i didnt add proton_log

dusk flume Dec 20, 2025, 11:57 AM

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So add it

soft quail Dec 20, 2025, 11:58 AM

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mb sorry

dusk flume Dec 20, 2025, 11:59 AM

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After you run the game with that, look for a steam-108710.log file or similar in the home folder, and paste it here.

soft quail Dec 20, 2025, 12:00 PM

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It started

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Let me try playing it

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📎 message.txt

dusk flume Dec 20, 2025, 12:16 PM

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so it crashes after a logo with these options?

soft quail Dec 20, 2025, 12:22 PM

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Yea

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After cutscene

soft quail Dec 20, 2025, 12:49 PM

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@dusk flume is it because i have low spec device?

dusk flume Dec 20, 2025, 1:34 PM

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yeah, that igpu is old. Let's try

PROTON_LOG=1 PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 WINED3D_VRAM_SIZE=2048 %command%

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 1:40 PM

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@dusk flume Can I ask Something

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How do i Flash windows iso In linux

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📎 message.txt

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@pearl snow

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help

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 1:51 PM

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@soft quail what happened?

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 1:51 PM

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ventoy

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 1:51 PM

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ok but what exactly went wrong

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installing ventoy on the usb?

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 1:52 PM

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ventoy2disk

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i was trying to boot an iso file

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the usb i have is flashed multiple times i formatted it into fat

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 1:53 PM

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Run the GUI from the terminal while inside the folder:
./VentoyGUI.x86_64

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 1:53 PM

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i clicked install

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 1:54 PM

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soft quail

this error

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 1:54 PM

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yep

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do you get it again?

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 1:54 PM

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yes

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is there any alternate options

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 1:55 PM

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did you try downloading ventoy again?

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you could have a faulty Ventoy

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additionally

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use GParted and fully wipe the USB before using Ventoy

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 1:56 PM

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i installed it from sourceforge

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 1:58 PM

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soft quail i installed it from sourceforge

did you use GParted

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 1:59 PM

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let me try using disk

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restoring image

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 1:59 PM

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@soft quail just wipe everything off the USB

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 1:59 PM

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ok

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Gparted install?

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:00 PM

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what

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:00 PM

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Should i install gparted?

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:01 PM

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sure

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you just need the USB fully wiped

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:01 PM

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Debian right

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Or ubuntu?

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:01 PM

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what

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:01 PM

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Linux distribution

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:01 PM

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why are you asking me that

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it's in the software manager

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:02 PM

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Nvm I installed it from the web

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Sudo apt

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The disk utility was completed

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It shows win8.1 usb

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:03 PM

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do you have gparted open

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:04 PM

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Should i reset this?

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:04 PM

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what

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You just need to open GParted

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:04 PM

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The disk utility restored the iso

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It was running in the background

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:04 PM

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what disk utility?

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:04 PM

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Inbuilt

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:05 PM

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pls show images cus it's hard to track what you are doing

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:05 PM

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It have a feature to restore image(flash)

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pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:05 PM

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wait win 8.1?

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:05 PM

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pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:06 PM

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soft quail

alright

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:06 PM

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i will update in a min

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:06 PM

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you will update what

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:06 PM

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I wil let you know

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If this method works

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Ah

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:09 PM

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did something work out for you?

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:09 PM

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My usb doesn’t show in the boot options

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I will try resting using Gparted

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:09 PM

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@soft quail

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:10 PM

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Then use ventoy

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:10 PM

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You will open GParted
You will fully delete everything on your USB
You will try to install Ventoy on your USB

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@soft quail btw how much RAM does your device have?

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idk if I should recommend you Win 10 LTSC or Win 11 LTSC

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:11 PM

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This is my old laptop it has only 4gig

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I upgraded to win10 which sucked

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Then to linux

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No to win8

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:12 PM

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well your laptop is pretty sucky RAM wise

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idk if you could even run Alan wake at 4GB

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:12 PM

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Its an old game

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:12 PM

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apparently yeah

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:12 PM

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How do i reset in

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Gparted

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:13 PM

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select your USB from the dropdown on the top right

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soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:13 PM

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thanks man for helping me out im dumb asf

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should i unmount

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:14 PM

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for now no

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just select your USB and delete everything

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:14 PM

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format option is blacked out

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:15 PM

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soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:16 PM

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pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:17 PM

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you can unmount it then

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:18 PM

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still same

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its blacked out

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:18 PM

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alrighty try this

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Device -> Create partition table

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:19 PM

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wait

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:19 PM

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make sure the USB is selected

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:19 PM

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format to?

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:19 PM

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just click yeah

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:19 PM

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that button is blacked out but

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:20 PM

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you may have not unmounted your USB

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:20 PM

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right click there is format to

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:20 PM

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that's the only reason I can find for GParted not letting you delete it

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go to disks

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select your usb partition and click on the 🟦 button

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that should unmount it

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:21 PM

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its device right

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there is create table partio

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:21 PM

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soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:22 PM

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pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:22 PM

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did you unmount it just now?

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:23 PM

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yes

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through gpart

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:23 PM

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see if you can use create partition table now

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:24 PM

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through gparted right

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:24 PM

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yes

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:24 PM

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then

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:24 PM

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soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:24 PM

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pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:25 PM

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alright click on Apply

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after that boot up Ventoy again

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:25 PM

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the usb is not formatted

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:26 PM

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can you show image

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:26 PM

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i unplugged it is

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formatted

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:27 PM

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can you show me what you are seeing in GParted with the USB plugged

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:27 PM

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unallocated

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:27 PM

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I want images

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:28 PM

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pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:28 PM

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perfect, now boot up Ventoy

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:28 PM

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same steps right

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:28 PM

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yep

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:29 PM

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same error

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:29 PM

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hmm

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try downloading ventoy again

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https://sourceforge.net/projects/ventoy/files/v1.1.10/ventoy-1.1.10-linux.tar.gz/download

Download ventoy-1.1.10-linux.tar.gz (Ventoy)

A New Bootable USB Solution

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 2:30 PM

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should i screenshare

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 2:31 PM

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you can in live support

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 3:49 PM

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@regal dagger

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 3:50 PM

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We wiped the USB with dd and 0s

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still no luck

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leaving the rest to ya

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 3:50 PM

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I gave up XD

regal dagger Dec 22, 2025, 3:50 PM

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does it error when clicking install on the graphical ventoy button?

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 3:51 PM

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regal dagger does it error when clicking install on the graphical ventoy button?

when-installing-ventoy-it-always-goes-to-12-and-then-stops-v0-aitmgnr14xbe1.png

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this is after it reaches ~80%-100%

regal dagger Dec 22, 2025, 3:51 PM

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yeah that's usually some bad USB

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99.999% usually

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 3:52 PM

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regal dagger yeah that's usually some bad USB

It was a fresh one

pearl snow Dec 22, 2025, 3:53 PM

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he had Win 8.1 on it before wiping it

soft quail Dec 22, 2025, 3:53 PM

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Only flashed like 2-3 times

regal dagger Dec 22, 2025, 3:53 PM

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well, only other simple option (for NON WINDOWS ISOs) is use the built-in Mint image writer tool

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