Ok so for what may be the 10th time I have decided to try Linux again! Quick background: I have an older PC with WIN 7-64 bit on it and would like a dual boot. The PC is a Hewitt Packard p7-1210, AMD Quad-core A6-3620 2.20 ghz with 6 GB RAM. I downloaded and burned a clean ISO disk of Linux-Mint 18. Here's where the issue begins. I rebooted and went into the BIOS. This BIOS is called the HP SETUP UTILITY. I went to the STORAGE TAB and then to the BOOT ORDER TAB. Here there are two "sections". The first section is called UEFI BOOT SOURCES. It has three sources. I moved the CD drive to the first slot. The order now looks like this: 1. ATAPI CD/DVD DRIVE, 2. USB FLOPPY/CD, 3. USB HARD DRIVE. The second section is called LEGACY BOOT SOURCES. It has four sources. I also moved the CD drive here to the first slot. The order now looks like this: 1. ATAPI CD/DVD DRIVE, 2. USB FLOPPY/CD, 3. HARD DRIVE (two subcategories here of SATA1 and SATA2), 4. NETWORK. I then selected F10 to save my changes. I am prompted again to save my changes and I do so. Then I reboot with the LinuxMint ISO disk in the drive and EVERY TIME it will boot right into windows. I have tried this five times now and the same thing each time. So I went ahead and burned a new ISO all over again. Then tried this again twice and still it boots into windows. So can someone please send me a solution to this problem. I'd like to really dive into Linux but this is a bit frustrating early on! Thanks . . .

How did you create the CD ?. Be specific.
Did you verify the iso after download ?.

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Hello syg00 - Thx for the quick response - Yes, verified both times! Downloaded (and verified) from this site:

https://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=217

After the download (both times), I burned it as an ISO to a brand new DVD.

Hi. Empathy for the hopefully-not-too-frustrating dual-boot got'yas...
(&I hope you'all don't mind my sticking my semi-Newbie nose in here)

I don't know EFI, but I think it needs to be in "legacy" ?mode?.
Also, yes, 'how' the USBxxx DVD! is written (iso) is critical! (howto strikeout usb?

A totally different path/concept that will easily&quickly get you Linux:
VirtualBox.org, with either that Mint .iso (simply the Win7/10 .iso 1+GB file!)
(or OSboxes.org IF you want a 'pre-installed' Linux!) One other site: DistroWatch.com

Best wishes! Again, excuse my semi-OffTopic 'path' (that I use, to many Linux'es).

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Hey abokolo,

What syg00 probably means when he asked how you specifically created the DVD, is what method did you use to burn it? For instance, which of these methods in the link did you use (or perhaps another one)? http://www.wikihow.com/Burn-ISO-Files-to-DVD

Apologies if I'm telling what you already know, but when burning an iso to DVD, you can't just copy it over. As stated in the link, "Don't just burn the ISO file to the DVD by dragging and dropping it into the DVD and then burning it. This will not yield a working disc."

HTH,
Dave

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Some CD/DVD writers have "burn file as image" or something similar to make a bootable CD/DVD. But the machine is probably set to uefi boot, so it never sees the DVD. You should have a boot manager you can trigger at startup, F12 maybe? Then you can just pick "legacy".

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Thanks everyone for the replies above. I will try creating a new ISO with your tips...

While you are at it, see if your firmware has a key that will bring up a list of boot devices. In that list you should see two entries for the Mint CD - one UEFI and one not. Choose either to run as a trial - but be sure that you install the same mode as the Win7 (UEFI or not).

Linux Mint recommends that you turn off Secure Boot in your UEFI settings, if you haven't already. That may go hand-in-hand with Jjanel's suggestion: turn on Legacy mode. Legacy mode is sometimes called CSM. If you have a setting for Fast Boot (or Quick Boot), turn that off also.

abokolor : My 2 cents on this one ... My apologies in advance if this is not the case, but I've seen it so, here goes

... When someone above asked how you had burned the CD or DVD, one thing that occurs to me is that you may have just copied the ISO file you downloaded to the CD or DVD and burned it. If so, that won't work. The ISO has to be unpacked to whatever medium you decide to boot from (optical, USB ...). Verify the various ways of doing this ... I usually just use the terminal command "dd" with the appropriate options.

Again - if this isn't your problem - no offense or condescension intended. Cheers :-)

***** UPDATE *****

... Sorry - just realized someone had already pointed this out.

Thanks to all...third time was the charm and worked!!