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And at least then I would have remember to mention, turn securboot off, even in theory
we can with some extra hoops make the installation secure bootable.

Could you explain how to make it secure-bootable, please? I'm guessing that using MX Boot Repair to reinstall GRUB on the EFI partition ...

I have uploaded my /var/log/minstall.log to this paste bin, as the character count was too big to paste to the forum: https://bin.disroot.org/?6c3a8803c0d4acf6#Uoc2rv9rQNkKdNy7qMeFPkNXoLjEPFwgGeRfupnDiua

The /etc/minstall.conf file, though, is here:

[General]
Product=MX Linux 23
Version=5.2 ...

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I encountered a problem with secure boot ("invalid boot signature" in a red message box on boot) but that was easy enough to go back into the UEFI settings and disable.
Now the MX Linux bootloader menu appears, and I can easily boot into either MX or Windows at my leisure. :)

I forgot to ...

Right. Before I install Linux, here is what my partitions look like in GParted:



And here is what they look like in MX installer:



Does that all look OK?

That's the arrangement Windows automatically creates when installing itself if I make one big NTFS partition beforehand. I am reinstalling (again!) after wiping existing partitions and then using the partitions window in the Windows installation wizard -- creating one big partition (e.g. half of the ...

While waiting for your reply I gave it a try with both p3 as Windows's EFI partition and p5 as MX-Linux's ESP partition, and although Linux booted up correctly, Windows ran into a blue screen and tried to repair itself.
There's a step in the installer where it tries to install the GRUB bootloader ...

OK. After 2 weeks of waiting for the NVMe adaptor to arrive, I have managed to take out, wipe and replace my hard drive *and* install Windows. I'm now at the installing MX Linux stage. The partitions look like this currently:

- nvme0n1p1: Windows C:\ drive, NTFS, 470GB
- .......p2: Windows "hidden ...

I've just had a thought. I plan to wipe the SSD and start again by making an NTFS partition that is around half the size of the SSD's capacity and installing Windows onto it, and then installing Linux in the remaining space.
I suspect Linux is going to want me to make its partitions in that space ...

The only problem with that is I don't know which drive is which from looking at them - this is the first time I have taken the back case off of a computer.
I didn't touch the RAID drive at all through any of this, and checked that Windows still booted correctly before doing anything with Linux.
I ...

I have tried unplugging both the battery and the CMOS battery, plugging back in after ~10 minutes and no change in behaviour.

Is there a way to remove an SSD and *then* wipe or otherwise view or manipulate its contents? It's obviously something I have done with the partitions that is causing the ...