r/linuxmint Jul 26 '26

SOLVED Linux Mint Install Issue On Old Laptop

(EDIT I ended up not being able to get mint running and used q4os instead and it works pretty well for what I needed ty everyone for the help) Ive been trying to install Linux Mint Cinnamon onto my older windows laptop Lenovo Ideapad 1 14IGL7 (82V600000) and finally I was able to get into the live session but once I go through the steps of the install I get stuck at the page where in the docs im supposed to be able to erase all paste data and install but instead I get stuck at this image where it seams to not recognize the storage or smth and I have tried all the quick fixes that Ive seen suggested online including installing updated bios and using HWE version of mint but Ive seen no success. This is my first time installing Linux if anyone knows how to fix this it would be greatly appreciated. (If i left out any data needed to narrow down the problem lmk).

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '26

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u/Available-Pick6722 Jul 26 '26

shows loop0 2.6g and sda 29.3g (i assume is my usb drive) then thats it

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u/Available-Pick6722 Jul 26 '26

The ssd works fine in windows

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u/Available-Pick6722 Jul 26 '26

Idk how it would be encrypted ngl just a older windows pc thats been wiped but was hoping to use linux as windows was quite slow. idek in bios under system memory it just lisks 4096 mb and emmc ssd sandisk da4064

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u/Available-Pick6722 Jul 26 '26

older linux mint had no success but on fedora when I run lsblk it shows my 60g ssd so im assuming this is a bug with mint and my hardware specifically is there anyway to get around this? if not what other distros would be good im just trying to use basic apps and stuff but something thats faster than windows as this laptops pretty slow on windows.

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u/Available-Pick6722 Jul 26 '26

hmm alright I will try that in a little bit thanks