Bobby,
if you're going to start now, I suggest we only do (at most) what's currently on the list already, then pause and leave the install for tomorrow (It will be a very late night otherwise).
You can also miss out the step
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- We need to check you can get into the boot menu. If it's messy or not as expected you might get delayed later.
> Bring the laptop up (if it isn't already) and then restart it using Windows power button options.
> Repeatedly hit F12 (or Fn + F12 if your keyboard requires) as it restarts to (try to) get the boot menu (you'll recognise it if it works!).
> (If that doesn't bring the boot menu, but boots into Windows, try again (restarting) a few times - timing is fairly critical - I hit the key(s) about every second from the moment I power on or the "restarting" message disappears).
> If/when you do get the boot menu, we've confirmed F12 works, and you can "Esc" out.
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...at this point it just means that, if we need it, we have to do it/test it at install time - but it will be right at the start of that anyway.
If you do want to test it out, do it right at the end - you shouldn't be able to break anything.
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