Hi...I tried to install Zorin but something went wrong and the dual boot (Win11/Zorin) didn't appear. I wiped the partition created by Zorin and reinstalled it. When it finished, computer went back to black screen and filled up with error messages. Then I got page after page of messages, I forced computer off by pressing and keeping the power button. If I try installing Zorin again, when the page comes to select source, it shows my USB drive and Zorin OS (I assume from HD - even though I deleted the whole Zorin partition). It seems that Zorin wrote something, somewhere on HD. The drastic course of action is to wipe HD, reinstall Win11 followed by Zorin. Is there a simpler system as reinstall is a major headache.
someone will be along here shortly with technically useful advice for how to resolve your situation without having to reinstall Windows 11, if that's possible. In the meantime I want to suggest that on your next attempt you do not try to dual boot from a single hard drive. That's because windows is increasingly up to mischief when it comes to the boot loader. It is most likely Windows 11 that caused the problem, not Zorin. The general consensus seems to be if you're going to dual boot install the operating systems on separate drives.
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If you boot into a live USB session of Zorin, if you could open up either the Disks app or Gparted, and post the screenshot of your harddrive layout? We would need to see what's going on with your harddrive in order to give some better advice. That'll be the first step to all of this I think, see what damage may or may not have been done.
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After many attempts seems it installed (Zorin) after writing the pendrive with Rufus.....strange, Balena is quite idiot-proof. Now Zorin seems to be installed but dual-boot menu doesn't appear. Now more fun and games to fix it, which in my case can be a slow - I will explain later.
When you created the ZorinOS USB with Rufus, did you choose partition scheme as GPT for UEFI (or MBR for legacy BIOS), whichever is correct for your system?
Also. Have you looked at this: Before you install
I did not change anything on Rufus, so everything is default. Eventually I sorted it out, but I had to set a supervisor password (as per a post here) . Everything works, however until system boots and is running (I use an on-screen keyboard) I cannot type anything.