Dual boot Linux Mint with Win 11 Failed

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I have a Dell laptop in which I have installed a fresh Windows 11 24H2. It has a 1Tb SSD. I have allocated about half of that for Linux (Shrunk the Win OS partition). Then ran a Linux Mint ISO USB install. I thought I had installed it but now it won't dual boot. Plus if I re-run the USB linux ISO install it fails to run the preliminsary Linux with the Install icon. Hard to the read the small print something about \EFI\BOOT\mxf54.msi. Obviously something went wrong with the instasllation. I did this on the previous laptop with no problem. But I have changed the laptop so that I can run Windows 11 previous one was only Windows 10. I am very new to Linux and dual boot.
 


but now it won't dual boot.
Does mean Win11 will be started ?
During installation, did you get the option, install Linux beneath Win11 ?
Also yoiu must check whether BitLocker of your drive is off. If not Linux can not recognize Win11.
With Win11 you can try again to delete the "linux" partitiion and try again the Linux installation.
 
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Why Linux fails to load/install direct to HDD, common reasons

1] Corrupt download [check SHA sum]
2] bad burn to installation medium [try again] [if you used Rufus then try Balena Etcher]
3] Wind 8.2 and higher quick start/fast boot or secure boot not disabled [doesn't normally apply to older versions]
4] defective pen-drive/DVD
5] hardware fault,
5A] If old style HDD run integrity check
5B]if SATA SSD check for hidden partition at the beginning of drive [this will stop Grub from loading] and delete it before re-installing Linux
If New M2.NVMe check, your system is NVMe compatible [not all older kit is]
 
Does mean Win11 will be started ?
During installation, did you get the option, install Linux beneath Win11 ?
Also yoiu must check whether BitLocker of your drive is off. If not Linux can not recognize Win11.
With Win11 you can try again to delete the "linux" partitiion and try again the Linux installation.
i have removed deleted the information in the partition for the Linnux. I made a brand new USB Stick. BitLocker is not on. The BIOS is set to UEFI secure boot on. What I can't understand is what is stopping it booting up from the USB install stick it did the first time. But something went wrong in the installation. So, it should boot up from the USB stick a Linnux screen with the install ICON in the top LH corner. The HDD is M2 SATA SSD brand new. CPU is i7 8th Generation. DELL latitude 5440. It still runs the Windows 11 24H2 ok. I could I suppose wipe the disk and start again. But the problem is with the ISO USB running it gives this 4 lines of text which I cannot read very easily then turns the machine off. Do I really need to run with Secure Boot OFF?
But thanks for your help reply. I had no problem when I did this with a Lenovo Think Pad that was running Windows 10.
 
But the problem is with the ISO USB running it gives this 4 lines of text which I cannot read very easily then turns the machine off.
I would restart with a new Win 11 installation.

Obviously do you expect, if something works on one machine it does must work on another, surely not.

My experience with linux, do not think about, try another distro. I would try Ubuntu, I currently use Ubuntu-Mate because Ubuntu does not work as expected. But most user use Ubuntu, therefore you can expect, someone in the world have a system like, you therefore a solution will be present.
 
@grahamm7
I have never had a serious problem with Dell laptops, there is a problem with the latest models [that applies to other makes] to do with Iris® Xe MAX Graphics they need the newest kernel [6.12 being the latest]

Which model do you have?
 
I would restart with a new Win 11 installation.
You must understand, Win does delete your system, a remaining Linux entry will not be possible.
But then step by step, have patient, you will be supported every step.
 
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