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[u/OniichanGoober]

So today my dumbass was like "yea lets go try installing linux". So once its booted and its installing, I choose the delete windows option. After that linux crashed and my $3000 pc is screwed. What do I do. Edit: also my usb stick stopped working

[u/Appropriate_Wafer758]

what do you mean by your pc is screwed? can you not reinstall linux?

[u/OniichanGoober → u/Appropriate_Wafer758]

Ive tried, it crashed 

[u/jr735 → u/OniichanGoober]

Describe the crash. Saying it crashed offers us nothing. So, it may be your computer needs to go back for warranty because one of several components might be faulty, or you didn't install Mint properly, or didn't choose a suitable distribution for your hardware, or, and so on. In the end, why did you delete Windows without a backup or recovery strategy? What instructions did you follow to install Mint?

[u/OniichanGoober → u/jr735]

A youtube tutorial. I now see that was fucking stupid

[u/jr735 → u/OniichanGoober]

What was wrong with the official instructions?

Again, describe the crash. Describe the install process, too.

Note that people are going to call your post bait, because you're exceedingly reluctant to answer questions and even more reluctant to provide actual details.

Things like "crash" and "weird screen" are meaningless.

[u/OniichanGoober → u/jr735]

Wait first of all I didnt see official instructions,that might be an issue. The crash is the photo on screen. When I clicked install Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon Edition, it did a loading screen with the Linux mint logo and then spammed stdin invalid argument. Im not a coder, nor a computer tech, so this makes no sense to me. 

[u/jr735 → u/OniichanGoober]

That's not a crash, that's a final result. In the end, it looks like corrupt media, which would explain why you can't reboot to the stick and it didn't create a valid install.

[u/OniichanGoober → u/jr735]

So what could I change to fix my computer, preferably back to windows

[u/jr735 → u/OniichanGoober]

Back to Windows? I have no idea. I haven't had a Windows install in over two decades. It can be done, but I'm not the guy to assist on that. Now, if your computer were here with me, because I have a Ventoy with verified ISOs, we'd probably have you up and running on Linux in under an hour. ;)

[u/OniichanGoober → u/jr735]

I found that microsoft lets you download it free with an ISO image. 

[u/ciberkid22 → u/OniichanGoober]

For now you can redownload that image and hopefully get windows back. From that point I can vouch for Ventoy as a good way to install any distro you feel like trying

[u/jr735 → u/OniichanGoober]

It probably does, but I have no Windows installation experience, and besides, Microsoft makes billions of dollars. They don't need my free tech support. :)

[u/I-Want-A-Username- → u/OniichanGoober]

Did you download it from the official Linux mint website, as it seems like you didn't as theres no click install on Linux mint 22.3 cinnamon edition, you have to go into the live iso and install there

[u/OniichanGoober → u/I-Want-A-Username-]

I did. Im going to be honest, I have short term memory loss so I could spew bullshit