Trying to install 7.4 on older Samsung

[vint]

Howdy fellow Lite users,
It's been a while since I've been on the forum and things sure have changed a lot.  I recently decided to revive my late wife's Samsung NP305V5A 15.6" Laptop from 2012 that hasn't been used for almost a decade.  It has a 1.8 gigahertz AMD processor with 4 gb of ram and a new Samsung 870 EVO 250 gb SSD, I thought I would try out a few distros before making a decision about what would be best, I downloaded Linux Mint XFCE newest version and tried it out and liked it a lot so I installed it and all went fine until the end and it wouldn't boot.  I tried several suggested tips and tricks but it wouldn't boot at all.  So I installed Lite 5.8 in the interim because I know it works on my old Presario without any problems and it loaded without any problems at all, so I decided to download Lite 7.4 and installed it and I ran into the same problem.  It wouldn't boot, I am not sure what the problem is, this laptop has legacy bios, meets more than the minimum requirements and the laptop is in good condition so what could be the problem?  

Vint

[stevef]

As you probably found when searching for fixes for your Mint boot problem there are situations in which a system will fail to boot after a seemingly successful installation.  As we only have the information that 'it won't boot' any attempt to suggest what the problem might be is just speculation.  If we could see the installation method you used and what actually happens when you try to boot it might be possible to help.