Volwrath

thank you for your help. it was the distro. i downloaded another version of mint... mate instead of cinnamon and it worked on the VM and laptop

ive never used a VM before. any recommendation on softwear

ive swapped it for 2 others a 16gb kingston and a 32 gb sandisk

i have tried for 2 days now to install Linux mint on my ASUS E402S from a USB using multiple programs to wright the install USB (win32diskimager, etcher, linuxlive USB creator, rufus). some installs are detected by the bios while some are not, also of the ones that are detected some when booted to will lock up the system on a black screen and others will say "isolinux.bin missing or corrupt". i have installed Linux plenty of times on multiple desktops and my lenovo y510p but this bios has me stumped. i have also tried other USB ports any help will be greatly appreciated

i have also tried different USB ports and it has no effect

i have tried for 2 days now to install Linux mint on my ASUS E402S from a USB using multiple programs to wright the install USB (win32diskimager, etcher, linuxlive USB creator, rufus). some installs are detected by the bios while some are not, also of the ones that are detected some when booted to will lock up the system on a black screen and others will say "isolinux.bin missing or corrupt". i have installed Linux plenty of times on multiple desktops and my lenovo y510p but this bios has me stumped. any help will be greatly appreciated