I got the Ventoy loaded onto a bootable thumbdrive. I figured out how to move the boot selection up to the top so the computer boots from there. So the computer starts downloading Zorin 17.2 to my delight. About half a dozen pages in and I'm offered 3 choices. None of them is what I was expectin…

Yes if you did an automated install with 16 it all gets lumped in one partition with a swap file at the start of the drive. Just open your Home folder, and if only the standard folders of Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Public and Videos are showing, press Ctrl+ H to show hidden file…

OK, here's where I'm at

Installing Zorin OS

swarfendor437 April 3, 2025, 4:44am 14

Solid State Drive, no moving parts. HDD uses mechanical disks with moving heads to read the drive.