Installing Linux

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I have attempted to install Linux on a laptop, the installation seemed to go well and I had presumed all was good. However the computer just boots straight back into windows .

How do I check it is on the hard drive and what should I do next ?

Disk manager accessed from windows only shows one boot partition ??

 

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The 'live' version worked well and I went on to installing the whole thing alongside Windows. I went through the whole process, 20+ minutes, entering username and password - I even watched it install Grub...

It must have went somewhere - LOL

 

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Details would help,

Distro ?
SSD, NVME ?
UEFI/Legacy ?

Is there no grub splash first prior to the os being booted ?

Linux Mint
tradition hard drive
UEFI

Grub doesn't appear, it just defaults to windows. Looking at the disk drive through windows, I think a new partition was created (not 100% certain) but nothing to suggest linux is in any of the partitions.

Can't find anything in boot/bios.

I am sure it has all installed but can't find any evidence of it. may be I an going insane.

may be I should just install it again ?