Laptop not booting from USB

[Radu_956]

Hello.I just found an old laptop in my closet, a Sony Vaio VGN-TZ31VN. 2GB RAM, 32-bit Windows 7 Professional. It's extremely slow, and I just wanted to reinstall Windows or install another lightweight OS for old laptops \, such as Linux Mint, by creating a bootable USB Flash with the OS. However, the USB flash doesn't boot. I've tried to go into BIOS and change the priority such that the USB Flash is the first, followed by the internal HDD (which has the Win7 installed). It doesn't seem to detect the USB and boots Windows from the HDD, even though the USB Flash is the first. I removed the int

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