Linux Mint

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    Solved! No OS is able to be installed

    The situation is the following, as I try to install any OS on the said laptop it always seem to be able to get me an error message or a black screen, most OSes don't even go past the "loading black screen" and even if some manage to do it, like Windows, it gets to a part where I get a corrupted...
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    Solved! Asus s56ca-xxo15h Reboot

    I have the same problem. Asus s56ca-xxo15h Linux Mint Cinnamon 19 Ran for several weeks then crashed. Cannot rescue boot. It will not boot via USB. Help please.
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    linux mint on dvd

    i am trying to find linux mint 18.3 32bit on a dvd is this actually something that is for sale as i have an old pc which does not allow a boot from usb but does allow boot from dvd any version of mint will do really but i need it to be 32 bit does anyone have suggestions
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    please help LINUX/ windows 7

    hello all, Last night I tried Linux Mint from my PC through a bootable usb, this AM when I tried to log on to windows i recieved the message, "Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. to fix the problem... its asks to insert installation disc which of...
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    I cannot boot my notebook from usb - HP

    Hello, a week ago I installed on my notebook Linux Mint but now I want to reinstall w10 because I did not know that I was able to have Linux portable. The problem is that when I try to reboot my HP notebook pressing F9 it just blink and do nothing. It used to do after I installed Linux. My...
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    new battery recognation on Acer Aspire 3023WLMi with Linux Mint 18.1 Serena

    My new battery does not load. resetting by pushing the turn-on knob for 30 secs without the battery and no power does not resolve the problem. What can I do more
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    windows 8.1 cant find certain wifi but linux mint can

    im using hp notebook 15 laptop. i dual boot windows 8.1 and linux mint. windows has a problem of not detecting certain wifi for some reason. it can detect all other wifi except the one i wnt to use and it is also the closest. and yes i have already disabled airplane mode and it is a fresh...
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    Updated MacBook Pro and now it won't boot at all

    I have a 13" 2013 MacBook Pro that has El Capitan and Linux mint. I decided to update my MacBook and when it finished updating I restarted it. It ended up booting up Linux. I held alt to go into the boot menu and it only showed one disk and every time I booted it it was Linux mint. I went into...
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    My Laptop boots into a weird black screen which turns white on boot.

    My laptop is Hp 450 It has Pentium 2020M It is currently running on Linux Mint 17.3 I have had this problem for quite some time now. When i press the power button , My laptop boots into a black screen . This black screen turns white slowly in a grid like pattern. And even after waiting for...
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    Laptop does not boot. HD overwritten accidentally.

    Laptop's hard disk with dual boot W7Pro & LinuxMint17 overwritten accidentally with a program called winimage.exe. It has been "inserted" an image of a floppy disk (1.44 mb). Now the laptop does not boot. I've been testing and trying so hard to recover it by using TestDisk. At last I can see the...
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    linux mint on aspire e5 573 does not boot

    hi, i have a new laptop acer aspire e5-573. (with latest bios version) I want to install Linux mint on it. (ubuntu works with legacy mode) This is what I did: 1. Make a USB stick with rufus; gpt UEFI 2. select in bios UEFI; Disable in bios secure boot 3. Install mint (erase the disk and...
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    Putting OS on HDD

    Hey guys so I have a second hard-drive hooked up to my computer at the moment and I have a iso file of linux mint that I want to put on there so that I can boot from that hdd on another computer. So do I just put the iso file on it or the contents of the iso?
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    Installed Linux Mint 17.1 on a External HDD, but Now Laptop Won't Run the OS

    So my Laptop's (Toshiba Satellite; forgot the detailed description) internal HDD decided to get corrupted, so I decided instead of parting out the rest of it or to go out and buy a new HDD I decided to use an External HDD I had lying around and install Linux on it in place of my internal one...
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    Re-Install Windows 7 , Keeping exisiting Linux Mint

    Hi Friends, I am currently running a multi boot system which I installed Windows 10 Technical Preview version then loaded Linux Mint to make it a good working multi boot system. All are running good except that Windows 10 technical preview expired on 15th April. ( I still can login but they...
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    Acer Aspire 7551 Laptop/Linux Mint Update/Factory Settings

    I have a Acer Aspire 7551 laptop, its originally Windows 7 but after I updated it to Linux Mint something went wrong with the installation and now everytime I start my laptop up it tells me "Cinnamon just crashed. You are currently running in Fallback Mode." When I start it up to press F12 the...
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    3.5mm laptop audio jack not working on windows.

    Laptop: Dell Vostro 3500 I'm having 2 O.S. installed viz. windows 7 and linux mint 17.1. The 3.5mm audio jack is working fine with linux mint but not with windows (which it did a few days ago). Normal audio output through laptop speakers are okay though. I tried re-installing the audio drivers...
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    Surface Pro 3- i5 vs i7 for virtual machines?

    I am thinking of getting a Surface Pro 3. Considering support for Linux (particularly Ubunut/Linux Mint) is not perfect yet particularly with keyboard support, I figured I can buy a Surface Pro 3 with very high specs (i5/i7 with 8GB of RAM) and run Linux as a virtual machine. I primarily want...
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    Surface Pro 3 and Ubuntu/Linux Mint

    I am strongly considering getting a Surface Pro 3. However, the past two years I have increasingly become fond of Linux, and been messing around with Ubuntu and then Linux Mint. While I don't mind Windows 8, but Linux is where I'm more comfortable now and feel like I can do more. I'm hoping my...
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    I have been running a laptop of a usb

    hey guys so i have a laptop that for like 2 months has been running linux mint 17 and it feels slower and i have shut it down all the time. Is the usb wearing out? Is it a software issue. Is it just because i've been running this off a usb thanks
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    HELP! Trying different Operating systems and now. No bios, just turns on, Toshiba icon then blank.

    Any Ideas would be very much appreciated! Toshiba Satellite p855 s5102 w/ 1 TB SSHD List of events- I had windows 8.1 but clean installed Ubuntu 13.10, tried to Duel Boot Linux mint 16(fail). Clean install with Windows 8.1 and 4xx GB unallocated partition(assumed it went fine). Attempt to...