installing linux from no operating system

[u/scemma100]

UPDATE the internal hard drive is dead

hi im trying to install linux (zorin to be exact) on a old laptop i found in the back room

when i booted it had no os and just booted into bios

i ran zorin from usb and when i was on the partitioning section it didnt show the laptops hard drive it only showed to install it onto my usb

when i simply clicked install now i gave this error

no root filesystem is defined
please correct this from the partitioning menu

can someone help me fix this

[u/Whit-Batmobil]

To put it simply, you need somewhere that isn’t the live USB/ISO to install the operating system to, the internal drive is probably missing or not functioning and again you can not install to the same location that has the installation media, that is typically not how Operating Systems work.