-- 31 Jan 2015, 21:26 --
Your method worked thanks again.I decided to take one more shot at it.I did the simple Mate and Image Burn.I did not install just checked it out.Reminds me of my old Windows. .90 I used the F12 mehod really worked wondersMrNiitriiX » 31 Jan 2015, 09:39 wrote:Hi, hw24
you got me worried when you said you extracted from .rar ... I would recommend you go to the offical LinuxMint web site and download their .ISO:1)On that page you will see a few option to download: Cinnamon, MATE, KDE and Xfce ... to put it simple, you have 4 different desktop layouts to chose from and it comes down to personal preferance. ( i like simple and fast and usually go for either MATE, Xfce or OpenBox)Code: Select all
http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
2)download either the 32bit or 64bit version WITH the added codex (i can see which is better for your hardware)
3) when the .ISO file has downloaded you can make a linux live USB ... check out LinuxLive USB creator:insert USB, open LiLi, chose your USB stick, Chose your LinuxMInt .ISO...wait for it to do its thing.Code: Select all
http://www.linuxliveusb.com
the other option is to burn the ISO to DVD with IMGburn.Insert DVD and chose BURN image to DIsk, then cose your linuxmint ISO ... wait for the process to completeCode: Select all
http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
4) To install LinuxMinto or to run it Live you will need to insert the DVD/USB stick to your computer, turn it on and as soon as your turn it on keep hittng F12 on your keyboard when you get to the boot option, chose your DVD/USB stick and follow the onscreen instructions. (if this does not work, you can try entering the BIOS and choosing the DVD/USB as the primarry boot option. (enter BIOS with either F2, DEL, ENTER ... google "how to enter bios, MOTHERBOARD MODLE".
5) when booted from your DVD/USB, chose the option to enter LIVE (without install) and see if you like the linux version you have downloaded, if you do...on the desktop you will have the option to install it.
