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    Cheers atanere As you say it is all a learning experience.
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    I don't seem to be able to track the SanDisk. Nothing happens when I plug it in. It has 32GB stamped on the metal body of the device. Would it be a good idea for me to buy another USB flash drive. and then try again. If you have any advice as to the best perhaps you could let me know. Either way...
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    I have an error message ;- an error occurred while executing syslinux. your USB drive won't be bootable FAT32 filesystem detected Your drive must be formatted as FAT32 or NTFS
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    The E drive has vanished from my file explorer page so drive D appears to be the one. should I tick any of the boxes and what should I set for the persistent value at step 4?
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    Dr:\(Disk 2) WINDOWS 10 14GB FAT3;
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    I've got as far as selection page. Step 1 OK. Step 2 OK step 3 can't find drive E. What I have got is 3 little boxes All drives shown NTFS format Drive (D) and FAT32 Format Drive (D) The E drive is not showing.
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    What do I do now?
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    set up your Selections page. step 1 selected go to step 2. Step 2 is greyed out.
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    1.87 GB (2,009,333,760 bytes) size on disk
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    I downloaded Linux Mint cinnamon 19.2 64 bit. This has appeared on file explorer. I was unable to burn the download as I couldn't download the universal USB installer. I get as far as Pendrivelinux.com and I press the download, and nothing happens. I couldn't find how to burn to the USB. Thanks...
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    I have plugged in the SanDisk and nothing has happened. What should I do now?
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    I have got a SanDisk Cruzer force 32GB. Will that do? Thank you Granny Sue.
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    I have downloaded Mint 19.2 on to a DVD. I don't know what ISO means I did manage to get into the strange menu by pressing F2. There was even a start menu, the DVD was third in the list I then got into (I don't know how) a page for repairing windows. There was something about uninstalling...
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    I have been a win10 user for some time. I thought that I would like to have a dual boot with Linux. I am not very savvy with computers so I contacted an on line help forum. This turned out to be much too complicated for me, so I wondered if there was a simple way to do it.
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