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Update: I ran GParted with Live Boot and deleted all partitions. I reinstalled Linux Mint but unfortunately I still get the error: "failure writing sector 0x149db800 to 'hd0'" I reran the fsck command to see if the Bitlocker partition was deleted, and it seems that it is. (See screenshot) At...

Thank you. This is helpful.

I want to single boot Linux with this drive. Once I figure out how to delete Bitlocker I will reinstall Mint and see if that solved the error I get.

Yes, I purchased this drive used, which was likely pulled from a Windows machine. When I installed Linux I chose the option to delete the drive and install Linux, but that obviously did not delete Bitlocker. I just installed GParted. When that program opens I see only 2 partitions. Can I use...

When I run that I get: For that command I get: That text looks a little jumbled so I attached a screenshot. Is any of that info useful? I am not sure if that helps.

That is the exact error I get when I boot up. Would it still be there after I erased the drive when I installed Mint? My intention is to single boot Linux via this drive. I ran fsck and this is what I got: fsck from util-linux 2.37.2 e2fsck 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021) ext2fs_open2: Bad magic number...

I think I ran Smartctl correctly. Here is the result I got: == START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Samsung based SSDs Device Model: SAMSUNG MZHPV256HDGL-000L1 Serial Number: S1WTNYAFC04638 LU WWN Device Id: 5 002538 900000000 Firmware Version: BXW22L0Q User Capacity...

Update. I bought and received a used OEM Samsung SM951 MZ-HPV2560 AHCI SSD. BIOS recognized the drive and Linux Mint installed! That is a major success! I do get this following error each time I boot up: "failure writing sector 0x149db800 to 'hd0'" After I get past that error Mint loads...

Thanks again. Picking out a drive is more complicated than I thought. Samsung doesn't make it easy either. They made two different versions of the OEM SM951. I made sure to buy the MZ-HPV2560 which is the AHCI version. It is not as popular as the NVMe version so I had to order it from China.

That is interesting. The OEM Drive, which I still have and use, is a Samsung SM951, which is a SSD drive. (I thought it was a NVMe). Maybe that is why the BIOS does not even show my NVMe drive. That would make sense why the laptop goes straight to BIOS. Looks like I need to find a SSD drive...

Thank you for your help and your suggestion. I did try steps 6 - 11. I opened Terminal and pasted this code: sudo efibootmgr -c -d /dev/nvme0n1 -p 1 -l \\efi\\ubuntu\\grubx64.efi -L "Linux Mint" Relaunched Boot Repair and ran it. Upon reboot unfortunately my laptop went straight to BIOS...

And just to triple-check... I installed the Linux NVMe into my desktop computer and Linux Mint booted up. So it seems like the problem is pointing at the ASUS laptop.

Just to be thorough I disconnected the battery, the "watch battery", and the RAM. I pressed the Power Button for minutes at a time, and waited a full 15 minutes before reconnecting everything. The BIOS date/time reset. I load into Linux Boot Repair and still get the 'Locked-NVram detected'...

I have disabled and enabled 'Launch CSM' and my ASUS laptop enters the BIOS either way.

I unfortunately can not click on 'Boot Option Priorities.' However, when I reinstall the Windows NVMe, I get the option of 'Boot Option #1 [Windows Boot Manager]' Interestingly enough, there is not a Boot Option with the Linex NVMe installed. Not sure what that means. Maybe it can't find the...

I am not sure what this means. Do you mean that the installation of Linux Mint was fine? I can take out the NVMe with the Linux install on it and get it working in my desktop computer. But not my ASUS laptop.

Thank you for the suggestion. I read that a few days ago and disconnected my battery and the "watch battery" to reset my BIOS. I cannot get past the BIOS.

No. I did that days ago. I can only get to the BIOS. Very perplexing.

I can put the NVMe drive in another computer and it boots Linux Mint fine. I think the issue has to do with my ASUS laptop unless I am missing something. I did go to ASUS website and update the BIOS to the latest version. I also reset BIOS too.

I don't see that in the BIOS. It seems like a pretty simple BIOS compared to other computers I owned in the past.