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I understand from your and others posts. Since only Rufus 2.18 had been working on this laptop I tried burning antiX (as suggested by you) on a new 8 GB USB stick, and it worked. However it took several attempts, there have been several setting changes I did on the windows which I cant even...

Thank you for getting back. Yes, I had read your notes and tried buring the USB using Balena Etcher on this laptop but it didn't run while trying to right click > run as administrator. Had provided this update on post 13.

So what should I do next?

When system boots from the Bootable USB created using Rufus 2.0 with LMDE 5 image.

How should I check that?

All your inputs inspired more reading (https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/issues/1185) and experimentation leading to some progress. Thank you all. Was able to create LMDE Imaged Bootable USB using Rufus. Something worked and have currently stuck after booting from USB with LMDE 32. System...

Hi Osprey, I couldn't do a checksum check, or run a rescue disk. As you suggested, tried BalenaEtcher "balenaEtcher-Portable-1.7.9.exe" >right click >run as administrator > after a few seconds of processing indication the app didn't open on this laptop. While reporting this issue here, I had...

Update: Sorry, I could not do this now. Will try later and get back tomorrow. Thank you.

Thank you People. It will take me sometime (say - 2 hours) to test out what you have suggested. Appreciate your quick response and anticipate I am able to understand and do as advised. Shall revert with an update.

Task: To change the OS from Windows to Linux based; Debian OS System model: Compaq Presario CQ40-317TU Notebook PC. Processor: Intel Pentium Dual CPU T3400 @ 2.16 GHz. RAM: 2Gb 2012MB System: 32 bit operating system BIOS version: Hewlett-Packard F.24 11/24/2008 OS: Windows Vista Home Basic...