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hi, i have been following this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxepmtjmilQ.

I have run into an issue with the booting from usb stick as when I select it to boot from this I get the message "Reboot and select proper boot device".

It means you're not selecting the right hard drive on boot up. You can change this in BIOS.

But I have selected the usb sandisk as the boot up and have tried the UEFI as well and it still doesn't load

how many hard drive do you have install 1 or 2

you are trying to boot from a usb not hard drive

I have one hard rive which is the one using windows 10 currently, I am trying to boot the ISO image file on my USB stick which contains Linux mint which I am trying to install.
The boot option 1 is clearly set to usb SanDisk. Also, if the usb stick is not in the computer when it restarts it just loads to my desktop.

start watching 10:58

you have to add Linux in to the boot loader  

Does the usb memory card need to be formatted in a specific way to enable it to be booted from?

yes if you are installing windows you need it to be Ntfs

but this program will do everything for you

https://rufus.akeo.ie/

Thanks that worked like a charm however I now have a new issue when installing Linux on the partition as shown below

ok I need to look at your windows partition

is this your first time working Linux if open G parted

or open Disk manager in windows