Post #1443841

Get linux distribution image of your choise get a USB-stick get a new SSD-drive write the image on a USB-stick detach the old windows drive (for now) install the new SSD-drive on another slot put the USB-stick in a USB port set your UEFI/BIOS to boot first from a USB drive boot in to the installer or “live environment” (depends on the distro) install Linux on the new SSD-drive (quite strait forward process) system reboots after install, so remove the USB-stick before it starts up again. check that successfully boot in to a desktop environment. at some point reattach your Windows SSD-drive back and go to the UEFI/BIOS and set your Linux SSD-drive as the primary boot drive after that you learn as you go, which means shitload of googling and registering to the relevant forums. if you use AI in stead of googling, tell it everything about your distro including kernel and distro versions. Be very careful running any commands you don’t understand.