Hi Vancek,
So close, but no cigar. Failed last night so I tried again this morning. My options were:
1 Uninstall Xubuntu 20.04 and re-install.
2. Install 20.04 alongside Ubuntu. [which I didn't want to do].
3. Clear everything and install Ubuntu.
4. Something Else. I tried this last night and it didn't work for me.

So this morning I tried 3 -Clear Everything. I got all the way down to where it asks my name, name of computer, password...and it hung. It displayed the following message:
I tried again but this time I tried option 1 and it hung.
I am using a thumbdrive not a DVD. Anyway, I am thinking of a new download. Can I just delete what I have on the thumbdrive and download another version on it? I also have several versions of Xubuntu on my desktop and I am thinking of deleting them.

Once you have downloaded the iso the first thing you should do is confirm its checksum to verify it is complete.
Then the iso can be burned to the usb stick without being concerned with what is already there, especially since it does not work anyway.

And when you boot to the installer you should use option 3. That is supposed to wipe out all existing partitions and install as if it were a new drive.

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Hi!
I did what you suggested. Downloaded a new copy, did the check sum and burnt a copy on the USB. It sounds straightforward but there seemed to have been an obstacle at every corner -- too much for my 82 year brain [or what's left of it!] Finally, I went to install but what came up was GParted -- no signs of Xubuntu. Further it was not a permanent installation. At least I saw the large partition with no double Xubuntu versions. When I looked at the USB on my desktop I saw Gparted but not XUbuntu.
Getting closer I hope...

Thank you all; it seems I am now on the right track. The GParted was a gremlin -- I burnt it instead of the Linux version and so this evening I burnt the Linux version onto the thumbdrive. Installation was going fine although I am not sure if it is hanging or just slow: it is "Removing cryptoset (amd64)" because it found an error....

Yesterday when I inserted the drive and started up I got the red Message Box stating that the system had a Secure Boot Violation. Microsoft's solution involved cancelling Secure Boot and "Disable Driver Signature Enforcement". I did the first one and it seemed sufficient. If the second action is tied to removing cryptosetup then perhaps I should do it because it looks like the installation is hanging, i.e. stuck on removing cryptoseup.

So close....

Hi,
I crowed too soon! I left the Vivo on overnight while it was meant to be deleting cryptosetup but, in fact, it had frozen. I tried again this morning and I no longer saw Linux on bootup. Instead I got GNU GRUB version 2.04. I'm sure I didn't see this yesterday, so I am wondering if Microsoft intruded. Anyway, I used Esc and got to the screen showing the Linux option. The first time I tried there was no option to install Linux but only the version for commercial users. It hung. I rebooted, selected the option to use Linux via the USB and then chose Install Linux. But each time it froze usually when I am selecting the time. I have been selecting the "Normal" Install but I notice that there is a simpler stripped down version which I have not tried.

I would love to get rid of anything that links my Vivo to Microsoft. Anyway, I'm lost.

One way to totally rid of microsoft on the machine is to totally wipe out its traces on the drive.

I would boot to the gparted image you had, then using gparted would select to create a new empty gpt partition and save that. It also will allow starting over with nothing of the cryptsetup remaining.

Once that is done you should be able to boot to the installer and do the install as if it were a brand new drive and machine.

Unfortunately I don't see the Gparted anymore. On the USB I re-installed the version 20.1.04 and got two folders: version 20.1.04 and instead of GParted I got one called "writable". I must have lost my Gparted image. I also looked up some of the articles on making a GParted partition and it looks way beyond me.

Is the EFI a Microsoft partition?

I found the Gparted mirror and will burn a USB and try.

Hi computersavvy.
There is something very wrong either with me or my Vivo. I used Gparted and was in the middle of creating a new partition. It completed one of two actions and then somewhere along the line it hung. It also hung the first time I used GParted.
I read the following when I tried again: My main partition was originally 29 gigs, and so I tried to make a second one of 5 gigs. No reason why it should be 5 gigs -- it's where I want to install xubuntu.The programme was naming it as the primary partition, but I presume I can change that later.

I am quite happy to have just one partition.

5 gigs is too small for xubuntu, recommend to make at least 20 gigabytes

My hard drive is only 32 gigs. Xubuntu will be the only operating system. I would prefer to have just one partition with everything in it. Right now I seem to have a Grub partition, two partitions, plus a Eufi. I want to get rid of the grub partition and the smaller one. I just hope I am not making a bigger mess. I want to check out why I need the Eufi partition. My Notebook will be strictly Xubuntu without, I hope, a trace of Windows.

You can get by with the efi partition, needed for a uefi system and the partition for linux.

Thanks. I am taking a break -- just keeps hanging. Got to clear my head.

Hi Colourpurple.
Here's what I did or tried to do. It struck me that perhaps I was using a wrong or older version of GParted. Well, I was. So I went to download, and there is a choice of three. I chose the one for 4 gigs or less, and one CPU. Check summed it and all was well. However, when I went to use it I couldn't even get in to the point where the programme displays partitions. All I got were lines and lines of data, which meant nothing to me. Some lines indicated bugs, errors, panic, no sync, but these were for the programmer, I presume. It seems I was better off with the version for 4 or more gigs of ram and multiple hard drives.

I am selecting the first on the list of options in Gparted, that is, using the defaults. It is what I did with the older version. Tomorrow I'll try again and if nothing happens I'll download the larger version.

Well, I downloaded gparted-live-1.3.1-1-amd64.iso and tried but no success. Previously I had used gparted-live-1.3.1-1-i686.iso with no success. My earliest tries were with gparted-live-0.28.1-1-amd64.iso and at least it opened but then it would hang. Is there a way of cleaning my drive of everything? Then I could install Linux from the USB.