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Re: peppermint won’t boot

That's a relief!  You can now disconnect the USB HDD if you want to. 

You mention Rufus live-usb creator:  I have no experience of it, but if you have it installed and can remember how to use it, follow the instructions here: https://www.thepcinsider.com/create-bootable-linux-live-usb-rufus-windows/.  If your Rufus is a very old version it might not look like what you are shown there, in which case it would be good to ...
That's a relief!  You can now disconnect the USB HDD if you want to. 

You mention Rufus live-usb creator:  I have no experience of it, but if you have it installed and can remember how to use it, follow the instructions here: https://www.thepcinsider.com/create-bootable-linux-live-usb-rufus-windows/.  If your Rufus is a very old version it might not look like what you are shown there, in which case it would be good to ...