After reading the new behavior I’m fairly confident it’s hardware failure from the laptop, most likely the drive. I’ve experienced odd install failure behavior like this before which was a sad going bad.

OP has said a few times that they have installed windows from the USB previously without issues. Please remember that all hardware will eventually go bad. Just because it worked in the past, that doesn’t guarantee it would work today.

To add to this, if you’ve only been trying to write the ISO to a USB drive this whole time have you tried different USB drives as well?

No, I wouldn’t expect any issues with Mint.

1. what’s your hardware
2. you say burn, but then mention USB, what are you using to create the install media? If I’m making a bootable usb in windows I exclusively use Rufus and haven’t had issues to date

Totally agree. Good track pads are a must for me if I were to get a replacement

I’ll be sad if valve doesn’t make a SD2, but I get it. They just want to grow their market. If other OEMs are doing it on their own R&D dime all the better for valve.

They do not.

Welcome! Don’t listen to anyone trying to shame you for your distro choice. The most important is that you didn’t choose windows.

There’s always one lol

Yeah; it was after that article where he got a brain worm and went crazy

Did I miss something? I didn’t see any numbers article. borderlands and Crow did terrible based on revenue.

You get an AI and you get an AI and you get an AI

Came here to say the same thing lol

What will this be running on?

100% chance you logged off/on

Anytime a fortune500 is against something by saying it’s essentially bad for business, then I’m all for it