Hi I'm new to Linux as you can see.

I followed the Linux download info got to load Linux on my Toshiba laptop with Win 7 in one Partition.

The start-up doesn't allow for booting Mint and goes straight to Win 7.

My bios is set to USB no 1 install.

I tried a boot Repair and got the following link info.

http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/By9xJhny3r/

It doesn't seem to have helped.

Any ideas?

It seems to be a common problem. Any Help appreciated.

Hi,

First off.. be careful when using any boot repair tools (Linux or Windows).. Most are perfectly fine when used correctly by an experienced user but it is very easy to drop yourself into a "world of hurt" if you are not careful (been there, done that!).

If windows is booting O.K. then you could give the argument that there is nothing wrong with your laptop boot procedure.
The reason that you (so far) cannot boot from USB is not quite the same thing..

Possible reasons for USB boot failure:

Bad flashdrive
Incorrect or otherwise faulty live flashdrive creation,
Secure boot is enabled in your firmware.
USB port(s) are disabled at boot time (i.e. before the OS starts).

Take things one step at a time.

Can you prove that your Mint flashdrive works? Can you test it by booting from it on another computer? If it works elsewhere then you can rule this out as the cause of the problem.

How did you create the Mint flashdrive? Did you use something like Rufus?

What is the model of your laptop?

Have you disabled secure boot in your firmware (bios)? I'm assuming that your laptop is UEFI and not legacy..

Do you want to remove windows totally and replace it with Mint or do you wish to run two OS's and dual boot?

I think that your problem will be easy to solve.. but we need a little more info. in order to be able to help.

Have a look at your laptop user guide.. See if there is a boot override key (sometimes it's F7 or F12). There may also be a boot override option within your firmware settings. Although you have set your boot order to start the USB flashdrive first, It's possible that this selection is not working quite as expected. The interaction between different firmware settings can cause some confusing problems.

Bodge99.

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esc is another key to try when first turning on system.
disable secure boot in bios, disable fastboot in windows advance power settings and in bios if it exist.

to make room to install mint to harddrive use windows disk management to shrink windows volume to make room for linux mint, select along side of during mint installation.

Thanks for that. In answer to you I have a Toshiba satelite L640.

I did the initial ISO burn and flash drive transfer from info from here (https://linuxmint.com/download.php)

I followed the Manual plus the boot repair instructions and validation of USB copy from here

https://linuxmint-installation-guide...t/install.html

I tried booting from the flash and installing first on my Pentium tabletop computer initially but it did not read the disc but that computer is very old and fickle at the best of times.

I created the flash drive from instructions from the website https://linuxmint-installation-guide...test/burn.html using Etcher.

I will check the bios secure boot settings as suggested.

The plan is to just have Linux on my computers as windows 7 is let go of by Microsoft support.

Thank you again.

sometimes if the usb stick does not boot with the usb port set be selected first.
It is because of a bad burn (write) to the usb stick, check the iso or just download it again then create it again, maybe even trying a difference software tool to create it, if you are doing that in Windows.

If your system is starting so fast that you cannot see what key to hit on your screen, it is because of fast boot, so to get in BIOS as others suggested, the esc and your F keys are the keys usually used for this, pushing the power button then right after hitting the "bios" key. got to be quick ....

and what colorpurple21859 and everyone else said, use windows to get you some space to install Linux.

Hi,

I've had a quick look at the L640 specs. Assuming that I'm looking at the correct model then it would appear that you do have a UEFI firmware that may be set to CMS/legacy mode by default.

Legacy mode implies an msdos partition structure. UEFI mode allows GPT partitions to be used.

On a laptop, it really makes little difference which you decide to use. Some folk hate UEFI and avoid it where possible.
I personally prefer UEFI as I find it "fits" better with the way I work (multiple OS's and much tinkering...)

Your call, obviously.

Can you update us on your progress please..

Bodge99

I see no evidence Mint has been installed, contrary to the initial post. Burning to the USB looks ok.

I see it that way also.