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in general, if the machine has less than, say, 2Gb of ram, and / or the CPU is less than 2GHz and / or there is an older style HDD: then any combination of those - can make the Installation Very Slow indeed. if you are booting an Disk instead of an usb stick - then that can be somewhat slower, as we...

that Dell Optiplex 7010 does have a DVD drive & so it should be able to read DVDs but, if it doesn't do that, then it may well be a faulty laser in it. ... however, what happens when you first switch on the Machine ? - does it boot up okay ?. - does it get to the log-in screen okay ?. do you fail at...

It is Not Generally a good move to Revive an Really Old Thread,
about an issue that was current in Years Gone By, as that issue is Now History.

IE: this is usually Frowned Upon, by the Forum.Team.

when you move that mouse, or even before that:
- is there the User-Name for the machine - showing on the actual greeter-screen ?.
that you can then click on ?.

it would depend on the actual error:
For X-related errors, files of interest are:
/var/log/Xorg.0.log

You may also find useful information about various errors (not only X) in:
/var/log/pm-powersave.log

Note: that some of these Files are a Binary Files & not a plain text file.

did you try searching for the Fastest & Local Mirror for your location: - Click on Update Manager - Edit Software Sources On the Official Repositories Tab: - Click on Both Mirrors - - Main & Base - - in turn, and then select the Fastest Mirror that is also the Closest Mirror to you location. then Cl...

which version of LinuxMint are you using?
- - Cinnamon or Mate ?.

can you try setting the update repository back to Default: - click on the Update Icon on the Taskbar - edit - software sources On the Official Repositories Tab: - Click on 'Restore the default settings'. then click on 'update cache" Icon to refresh the repository. then wait , for a few minutes, and ...

so Noodlecakelol said that they had replaced that win-7 with that copy of LinuxMint, and so that windows 7 repair disk won't install Win-7 or Repair Grub Loader, either. what is needed is the boot-repair-disk & A rescue disk that includes the Boot Repair tool : ttps://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-r...

and which can be found in Administration section of the Cinnamon Desktop.

( don't like the new version of Baobab, but that's just me )

on this Mate based machine - that is called "mate-disk-usage-analyzer" and is available in System Tools.

that can help, in determining which directory is taking the most disk-space.

yeah - - it would help to know, which kernel, it is that you are using,
you can determine this from the Boot Menu, and before you hit Enter to bypass the Boot Timer.
- assuming that you are getting some Boot Menu - - if not, hold down the Shift Key during the boot-up.

well, to move that SDd2 which is the /swap partition, could take, maybe Five Minutes, but for the other two, as SDd3 is a resize & SDd1 is also a resize - - that could take 40 - 60 Min for each . . it's depends a little on the speed of your CPU & just how SDD is connected to the machine: - usb cable...

lets start with the Basics:
- did you check that the ISO checksum was correct:
https://linuxmint.com/verify.php
which version did you obtain ? the Cinnamon or the Mate version ?.

since you can't yet get into a Live Desktop - - what is the Hardware Spec's of that ASUS VivoMini PC VM45 ?

so, if the project went to Full DEBIAN, then any software from the Ubuntu system, wouldn't necessary be incorporated into the LinuxMint project. :) however, the current LMDE project should get maintained into the for-see-able future. 8) it is obviously up to the LinuxMint.Team to take on board, any ...

Yes - - you can move the LHS of SDd 3 to the right, and then allow some time for the data to be shifted across, & then move SDd 2 to the right as well, and allow a bit of time for that Data to be moved, then finally, extend the RHS of SDd 1 to the right & then allow some time for the data to be shif...

Yep - - that could be awkward, if your Documents were rolled back, and you weren't aware that they had been changed. like most software, you sure can modify their behaviour to suit your own particular needs, but you do need to be aware of any resultant issues that could arise, from such an modificat...

in general, these fan bearing are a sealed device,
and as such you shouldn't need anything like a lightweight mechanical oil Like 3 in 1 oil

also try out - - Menu - Accessories - Disks & see if that drive is listed there .. ..

one of the Main Differences with the LMDE is that you can't use PPAs to install anything new,,
so you do have to use the Software Manager a bit more, than you normally would do.