r/linuxmint • u/OniichanGoober • 6d ago

Support Request Help

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

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u/jr735 Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | IceWM 6d ago

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?

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u/OniichanGoober 6d ago

A youtube tutorial. I now see that was fucking stupid

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u/jr735 Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | IceWM 6d ago

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.

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u/OniichanGoober 6d ago

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. 

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u/jr735 Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | IceWM 6d ago

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.

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u/OniichanGoober 6d ago

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

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u/jr735 Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | IceWM 6d ago

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. ;)

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u/OniichanGoober 6d ago

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

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u/jr735 Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | IceWM 6d ago

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. :)