How to Configure UEFI so that computer with Elite V7 Home Core i7-12700 CPU can boot from my Manjaro Linux ISO USB?

[MrLavender]

@daggett

but I was advised here that I needed to first disable secure boot from within Windows 11

You were not. I advised you to disable Fast Boot from Windows because you said you couldn’t get into the UEFI BIOS. That is not the same thing as Secure Boot.

@daggett

As a consequence, the computer now won’t boot at all. When I turn it on, the screen remains blank.

Go back into the UEFI BIOS screen the same way you did before. Press F6 to load default settings. Press F10 to save and exit. Your PC is now exactly as it was at the start.

Now read the link below. Manjaro is NOT suitable for absolute beginners and I’m sorry, but someone who has this much trouble booting a USB stick is an absolute beginner. I’d suggest looking at Ubuntu or Mint instead for an easier Linux experience.

[Consideration] Is Manjaro the right distribution for you?

Manjaro is NOT suitable for absolute beginners No, it’s not. And we — as the helpful community members of this forum — regularly have to explain this to the newcomers. Or at least, if we get the chance, because it is not exactly unheard of that a vocal newbie throws it out there themselves in a fit of frustration — if not arrogance or entitlement, because there’s a lot of that going round as well. So why is Manjaro not a distribution for absolute beginners? 1. Manjaro is a rolling-release d…