Laptop hangs on boot up

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Ferns80
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Laptop hangs on boot up

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I was given a decent gaming laptop running Windows 10. I have no interest in Windows so installed the latest version of Linux Mint. The installation went fine but initially, although the mouse cursor was there, the trackpad wouldn’t move it. I plugged in a wireless mouse and away it went. I had to switch off for a while but rebooted it when I got back. Now, all I get are a few lines of text in a black background, which then goes, leaving me staring at a black screen. Any suggestions?
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mikeflan
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Re: Laptop hangs on boot up

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Hi and welcome to the forum.
Boot into windows and disable faststartup: (fast boot; fast start)
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-disa ... st-startup
viewtopic.php?p=2067102#p2067102
https://fosspost.org/prepare-your-pc-fo ... cure-boot/

The try booting into LM.
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