HELP! ASAP It ain't booting and is stuck

[Confused_nerd]

So I followed the linux mint installation guide.
At the end it said to restart, so I did that then a screen came up that said "please remove installation media and press enter"
I did exactly that, but since it's been stuck showing this screen:

When I press function keys like f12, it shows this:

Like what's going on?? Help? Should I restart by plugging it off and on(I'm scared it'll mess up something...) It's been like that for about an hour
I did a complete mint installation (not dual boot). Although I have backed up my data, so no worries if it formats everything.

 

[stan]

Should I restart by plugging it off and on

Yes.

Installations will sometimes hang at that last step. Force the power off, and see if Mint boots.

 

[Confused_nerd]

Yes.

Installations will sometimes hang at that last step. Force the power off, and see if Mint boots.

Okay imma try that now

 

[Confused_nerd]

Yes.

Installations will sometimes hang at that last step. Force the power off, and see if Mint boots.

Damn bro are you this thing:

Cause you sure saved me...
Ty from the bottom of my silver soul.

 

[Deleted member 101831]

When things like that occur you have nothing to lose by restarting the computer and sometimes that's all that is necessary.

Besure to update yout new install and then reboot again and also don forget to enable the firewall which is found in the control panel.

 

[Confused_nerd]

When things like that occur you have nothing to lose by restarting the computer and sometimes that's all that is necessary.

Besure to update yout new install and then reboot again and also don forget to enable the firewall which is found in the control panel.

I'll be sure to that first thing in the morning, thanks for the tip

 

[KGIII]

You should probably learn about REISUB as a preference to power-cycling manually. Always try that first.

Hold the ALT key and the SysReq key (usually also Print Screen) and then (while still holding those two keys) press R then E etc...

Basically, you can remember it by it being "BUSIER" backwards. So, press R E I S U B and it'll be an ugly shutdown, but a shutdown without harm or data loss.

ALWAYS try that first.