I am so sorry to hear about this, I really fear your GPU is too old, that there is no support anymore in the kernel and or the current drivers. This might be a case of, kernel and driver must both match.
Hmm, I guess you could also try other distro's, some people are forced to do that. Maybe OS 15.3 LITE? Although, OS 16 LITE will soon be released hopefully in these next coming months, so maybe wait on that?
IDK, I am kind of at a lost at this point, sorry.
MXLinux uses 4.19 kernel (Old stable).
It is worth a try.
Be sure to select the top one in this page:
https://mxlinux.org/download-links/
Please run
sudo apt remove --purge nvidia-driver-460
Well, the issue was resolved even before you answered the question. Since I had a timeshift backup, I took a leap of faith and installed nvidia-driver-460. Now it's working fine and nvidia-smi shows GPU usage.
Haha 
Not needed. It won't startup and I re-re-re-re-reinstalled
It's the same thing that using zorin for everything and ubuntu for gaming.
I think i'll keep this.
Thanks really you guys for the help
if i downgrade the kernel? 
I think the difference between you and @capriciousduck is the vintage of the graphics cards.
@capriciousduck has GeForce 840M which is still supported by NVidia.
You have GeForce 310M which is no longer supported.
That is why I suggested you to try other Debian based distribution which still uses old stable 4,19 kernel.
You have to find our how far you can downgrade.
I do not think it is possible to downgrade to 4 series kernels if you want to use Zorin.
let's download mx linux!
the blazing fast wifi
but, for everyday tasks, i'll use zorin forever. It's magic
You know that you can easily dual-boot MX and Zorin.
It is way easier than dual-boot Linux with Windows.
Windows think it is the only OS under the Sun and has this tendency to overwrite the boot sector for our headache.
You have a thing that i like. You can say most important things of life in a couple of words.
PS:Windows 10 is garbage
My english is a mess. Cause I'm Italian...(like pizza!)
Save your words till you see Windows 11 in real.
I am running it on a 10 years old unsupported laptop out of curiosity and to prove that I can outsmart MS's hardware compatibility check
I am Japanese ...(like Sushi) 
I can't use windows 11 cause with my connection it takes 24 hours to download 6 gb.
But if you done this it means that you're smarter than the whole microsoft team
I'll set my own post as a solution.
thank you guys for help!!!!!
I do not see it as a compliment 
Starting from Windows 98, MS has two OS developer teams.
Team A: Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 10
Team B: Windows ME, Windows Vista, Windows 8, Windows 11
You see, it is not that hard to outsmart this Team B.
