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Linux Mint installation and SSD on old PC running Vista

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quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   -

Hello everyone.

I have an old Toshiba PC running Vista in the closet, but it works perfectly. I want to give it a new lease of life with an SSD and Linux Mint. This PC has 2 standard hard drives. My question is whether I should install Windows on the SSD externally (USB) and then physically mount this SSD in slot 1 in place of the standard HDD. Then install Linux on the SSD finally in the machine. By the way, should I keep Vista in dual boot?

If there’s another simpler and quicker order, I’m open to suggestions, like for example putting Linux on the second disk, removing the first one to install the SSD, and then transferring Linux from HDD2 to SSD placed in slot 1.

Thanks in advance for all your valuable advice.

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quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   Ambassadeur 1 311
 

Hello,

I would put the SSD in place of the hard drive where Windows is, then boot from a bootable USB drive that I would have prepared with the Linux ISO file using "Rufus" from another PC, then I would start the installation; setting up dual boot with Vista doesn't seem functional to me!
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brucine Posted messages 24389 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   4 098
 

Hello,

Why? We can dual-boot whatever we want. If Grub doesn't propose it automatically (which is likely before Windows 10), we modify it manually.

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Hello, thanks for the feedback. I hadn’t thought of that, as the other one said, I often tend to look from 12 PM to 2 PM but that's true.

My Linux is on a DVD (I know, it's not the most modern option; actually, I had to search a bit at the back of the cupboards to find some blank DVDs). I'm using a DVD because I messed up 2 USB drives (they got stuck in write protection, then it was difficult to unlock and format, and I tried to burn them again but the drives don't appear anymore. Impossible to format or burn) and couldn't put Linux on them with Etcher and Ventoy. Anyway, burned by these issues, I was playing it safe by keeping Windows just in case there was a problem, but indeed Linux Mint boots well from the CD on the old PC, so why not install it on the SSD that would be set up beforehand. Simple and quick, thanks Quentin2121.

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quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   1 311 > Chtechnicien
 

You're welcome, good luck with the installation of Linux Mint!

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