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    "Unknown error" with attempts to install various Linux distros

    OK, I'm a little confused--when you say 'reformat the stick' you're not talking about the USB with the live ISO, are you? I'm willing to try anything...what tool would you recommend for re-formatting? As you can see above, GParted doesn't seem to detect the hard drive at all, just the USB...
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    "Unknown error" with attempts to install various Linux distros

    Yes, I use Anaconda, Spyder, Jupyter myself--but never on this laptop. The bloke I bought it from (£20) doesn't know the history so someone very well may have used Anaconda on it (with Windows or Linux)--but personally I wouldn't recommend that on a machine with only 2GB RAM & 32GB hard drive!
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    "Unknown error" with attempts to install various Linux distros

    That's the thing--I can't! It should be a drop-down menu but /dev/sda is the only option. Makes me wonder if I'd find no hard drive inside, if I opened the laptop up! On the other hand, Disks shows both the USB stick and some other bits, which altogether add up to something that approaches the...
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    "Unknown error" with attempts to install various Linux distros

    Thanks...actually, I've tried a number of distros (including some relatively lightweight ones) and let the installer choose how to format the disk. In every case an install error popped up fairly quickly. I'm no expert but I've got the impression that something is wrong with the hard-drive...
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    "Unknown error" with attempts to install various Linux distros

    I disabled secure boot; I've pretty much always had to to do that when installling Linux, if I recall correctly. I wondered about reformatting with GParted but as you can see in my other response, GParted only seems to show the actual live USB, not the hard drive (although very likely I'm...
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    "Unknown error" with attempts to install various Linux distros

    I don't know the history but Windows is gone, I believe, which I'm fine with. Here's what GParted shows: and here's what Disks shows:
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    "Unknown error" with attempts to install various Linux distros

    I've got a number of second-hand laptops, each with a different Linux distro installed. Recently I picked up an HP Stream 11 2 GB RAM (I know, they're rubbish, but I've got another and it's perfectly fine for lightweight duty). Sold as 'no OS' so somehow Windows was wiped off. I can use Linux...
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