Linux Mint 17.3 freezing during install process

[WhitetailAni]

I am attempting to install Linux Mint 17.3 on a 30GB partition from a 250GB hard drive.

It installed successfully before, but the BIOS wouldn't see it as bootable. I use it for Brasero.

The problem I'm having is that I will get to the "select your hard drive (partition)", and it will get stuck on "scanning disks". It will get stuck at the same point on the spinning circle.

I managed to get through by waiting 10 minutes before clicking a button, but wasn't able to install it on the partition after formatting it as ext4 due to "root file system error" or something like that.

Has this ever happened before?

Should I get a small hard drive (<100GB) to install it on?

It's not the installation media. I tested 3 different sticks and ISOs from different places.

My specs are:
Ryzen 5 3600

Asus ROG Strix B350-F Gaming

EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost

5TB of usable storage space (scattered across 3 hard drives, and 2 SSDs) (and 75% is used...)

16GB Teamgroup Pro Dark DDR4 3200 16GB

Thermaltake TR2 600W

 

Any advice?

 

P.S. It HAS to be Linux Mint 17.3.

Because that's the OS I grew up using after getting too many viruses on my laptop + my dad getting tired of cleaning it.

I preferred Windows 7 anyway on my dad's tower. Screw you, Windows 8.1.

 

[cretsiah]

did you have Linux Mint 17.3 on this exact  system before? (or is this a new system build your trying to put it on).

 

Linux Mint is up to Linux Mint 20 now

 

I have only had success with linux mint 20 XFCE version

 

 

[WhitetailAni]

I have had Linux Mint 17.3 in this system before.

Last week.

Then it didn't show up in BIOS, so I made another bootable USB and started installing again.

And sorry, not going past it.

[WhitetailAni]

It has had both Windows 10 and LM 17.3 on it. Windows 10 has always worked (except when it hasn't, screw you iomegaWare), and 17.3 worked after installing it (no hitches at all), booted from BIOS, set it up, then left it until recently. The partition wasn't listed as bootable.

So I deleted the partition with it and made a new bootable USB.

Should I get a stupid tiny hard drive to put it on?

I have 1 open SATA port.

[cretsiah]

sorry got me beat, I assumed you set the drive to being bootable via gparted or something like that and secure boot is not turned on.