Zorin os boot loop

If you still have Windows, then I advise you use Rufus for the USB creation, or Ventoy - both work. Aravisian's post is correct about the power to the Hard Drive - this is what I posted wayback on the old forum:

"... on hidden 'Power Settings' in Control Panel, turn off 'sleep mode' - this is to make Windows 8 (and 10) boot up quicker after turning off the computer (and also prevents you from booting from other OS's!)"

[Source: Zorin 9 install help - Old Zorin Forum archive]

Sadly the YouTube video is no longer available - marked as private.

This is a guide to the power settings, including for Windows 11:

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Is this a good sign?

Nope still goes in loop

Just going back a few steps, did you check the integrity of the downloaded image against the SHA256 checksum? I still think it is down to what Windows Power Settings are set to. Can you also get EFI/Legacy option in Boot options of BIOS? I've currently got Zorin Core, Lite, and Education on a USB created using Ventoy, no issues.

Unfortunately for you I do not know what is the SHA256 checksum.
Again the bios settings for my machine are very limited but I can give you a video of all the bios settings I got.

With regards to the checksum please read this.

Yes screenshots of your BIOS settings might be useful.

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The integrity of the zorin os file has been checked many times I've posted a foto about it.
Once Ill be home I will do a recheck.
At 14 pm European you will receive the screenshots

Facing the same issues on pro and lite versions, I’ve tried everything I think it has something to do with the specific version idk

Maybe this helps you.

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I've run into this issue before and finally resorted to burning the ISO onto a DVD and installing it from the DVD drive (internal or external USB). That has worked every single time. Its a bit more work but it does get the job done.

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@Daccide @bollycanuk - how was Zorin installed, process by process?

Before booting the USB: did you reboot Windows or shutdown? If you've got Nvidia GPU, did you choose the 'Modern Nvidia driver support' option when booting the USB? Did you have internet / auto-updates going when installing? (have had lots of problems with running updates while installing - I keep those separate..)

If you're doing a dual-boot setup; did you disable 'Fast startup' within Windows?

If you can get to the 'Advanced options for Zorin' when booting at Grub, can you drop to a rescue shell; maybe with Ethernet if you're close enough to plug-in for networking and issue apt install --fix-broken? Then, apt update && apt upgrade to update / upgrade the packages - seems like a broken package while booting and panics out.. Could be wrong, too.

Been doing a bit more delving - does this even run in live mode? Found a couple of posts on different web platforms and this seems to be a recurring theme:

"In the grub menu press "e" and put noacpi at the end of the line that starts with "linux /boot/linuz"

[Sources:

Reddit - Dive into anything ]

I also found this interesting HP thread about HP All-in-One and member called Potta got Zorin installed:

Hey guys I will do a thing. I will register a video of the process and I will show it to you.
About the grub2 mod ventoy does have that option.
Doesn't do anything

The model of the computer is the same as mine. However once in a while the zorin loading bar doesn't show any errors and it says no error found

Hey I use the ethernet cable in my computer for max performance can that effect my install?

Using Ethernet isn't what I'm thinking might be the problem. Installing the OS while also installing updates as it's installing the OS is what I would see as possible issue. Just about every time I've installed any Ubuntu based OS and having updates install while OS is installing usually renders my system un-bootable.

That may or may not be part of the problem. If it is, you can boot to the rescue shell and remove any broken packages, update, and upgrade to fix the ones that were broken. You'll need Ethernet or a USB tether to do updates and all though.

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Does wsl impact the installation in any way?
Is there a method to install zorin in windows with a .exe tool like the windows upgrade notification from 10 to 11

WSL is Windows Subsystem for Linux - kind of like a shell within a shell. I had Kali WSL installed for a min on my Win install. It did work but, unless you have a beefy machine, it's gonna lag quite a bit..

As far as I know right now - there aren't any Zorin WSL's out.. yet. Not too sure if that might be an offering later or not; Zorin is more on the side of replacing Win than working with Win. hehehe..

That may be a thing later! Not sure - wasn't expecting to see Linux installable through the Win Store though! :wink: (until I did a few years ago)