Thank yous for your assistance/advice... Its an issue with winDOUGHS recognizing Linux Mint from usb/boot as a "threat" and shutsdown ability to boot as a precautionary measure... "... Still cannot resolve until i can get use of another computer to make a key or find a way to buy one off Amazon...
Boot menu on restart by depressing F2 repeatedly or holding down or morse SOS pattern will work to access bios but choosing Legacy or any other choice to reboot will not work on gateway laptop... Msg says on black screen "Broadcon UNDI PXE-2.1 v12.2.0.... Copyright (C) 2000-2009 Broadcom...