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Linux Mint & Windows 8.1 usb install problems

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September 16, 2014 12:06:44 PM

Hello,
I've decided to go and get into linux (other then a VM, i already have a few of those), but don't want to give up my entire windows installation, so naturally i decided to dual boot (i have dual booted a few pc's before, although not with linux, but it can't be that different, cant it?) now ATM i can't afford to go and buy a new blank DVD, but i do have a 4GB Flash Drive that i can use, so naturally i went to the linux mint website (my distro of choice) to see how to "burn" it into a bootable mint flash drive, so i now have my bootable flash drive, however my pc doesn't see it as bootable at all (i've tried normal mode, and enabling Legacy Mode)

my HDD is formatted in a GPT partition, and it's NOT an option to change it to MBR, so don't suggest that

any suggestions on how i can get linux mint to be detected as bootable? (my Motherboard should support UEFI, at least i'm mostly certain it does)

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September 16, 2014 12:22:31 PM

Try it on another computer. That way you can determine whether the problem is with the computer or the flash drive. My guess is that you haven't made the flash drive bootable.
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September 16, 2014 12:33:22 PM

i guess it wasn't bootable, because the other computer i just tested it on also doesn't see it as bootable
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September 16, 2014 12:56:27 PM

ok, just used the software suggested for setting up a linux distro from tomshardeware, and it still doesn't see it as bootable, i don't think it's my iso, as it worked fine on a virtual machine
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September 16, 2014 2:11:42 PM

the pendrive software is the one i used in the first place :/ 
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September 16, 2014 2:17:07 PM

Then the only logical conclusion is that your ISO download is bad. Did you verify it against the MD5 sum?
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September 16, 2014 2:54:09 PM

Then I'm afraid that, without looking over your shoulder, I can't guess what you are doing wrong. But the fact that the USB stick isn't bootable on any computer shows that you are doing something wrong.

I can only suggest that you start again following exactly the instructions in the link I posted.
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