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not so mint

Post by hemlin »

:( well folks I speak as I find and when I lost windows xp last week and I do not have an installation disc I came across this linux mint , cheap too I thought so I have had a go at installing it ,sadly I have backed the wrong horse here I have never seen as many error messages come up and files not found appear lets just say I cannot endorse this product at this time , meanwhile I am going to pc world to get a windows xp programme that works for me , regards ex newbie hemlin
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altair4
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Re: not so mint

Post by altair4 »

Sorry to hear that things did not work out for you. But as a parting gift please accept this humble offering:

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Simply copy an paste in a text file named Periods.txt and use them as the need arises.
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Re: not so mint

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:lol:
Mint Cinnamon 20.1
kentboylinux

Re: not so mint

Post by kentboylinux »

hemlin wrote::( well folks I speak as I find and when I lost windows xp last week and I do not have an installation disc I came across this linux mint , cheap too I thought so I have had a go at installing it ,sadly I have backed the wrong horse here I have never seen as many error messages come up and files not found appear lets just say I cannot endorse this product at this time , meanwhile I am going to pc world to get a windows xp programme that works for me , regards ex newbie hemlin

Hi mate
Give it a go again may be your disc was faulty you could burn one a gain (at the lowest speed setting) or pick one up from this months Linux format, don't give up
i did not and its taken me 8 years to got nearly where i want to be with Linux, now if only i could get my bluray to play, i be using windows that much less.
axel668

Re: not so mint

Post by axel668 »

sounds like you have a hardware problem, been using XP for a couple of years before switching to Mint, and never "lost" one ... while wishing you all the luck, I don't think you'll be more successful with another operating system
mintnoob

Re: not so mint

Post by mintnoob »

hemlin,

Mint installed perfectly on my used laptop and all the other older computers I've tried it on. You should burn another copy of Mint at a slow speed as a previous poster suggested and try it again and let us know if you still come up with all those errors. Maybe try one of the lighter-weight Mint distros if your computer's older.
vincent

Re: not so mint

Post by vincent »

altair4 wrote:Sorry to hear that things did not work out for you. But as a parting gift please accept this humble offering:

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Simply copy an paste in a text file named Periods.txt and use them as the need arises.
+1 :D
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