Quasi verification of Linux Mint iso (incomplete and riskier method but faster)
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1. Go to https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php and download the Linux Mint iso file
2. In Windows and if not installed, download sha256sum.exe at http://www.labtestproject.com/files/win/sha256sum/sha256sum.exe
3. Save sha256sum.exe in the same folder as the Linux Mint iso file
4. Go to https://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/linuxmint.com/stable/ and click on the downloaded version of the Linux Mint iso file
5. Download/Open sha256sum.txt to see the checksum for the file
6. Run sha256sum.exe in commmand prompt: sha256sum <filename of the linux iso file including file extension>
7. Confirm that the checksum for the downloaded iso file matches the one in Linux ftp site
8. If they match then the downloaded iso file is good. If not then downloaded again

For complete verification method of Linus Mint iso file go to: https://linuxmint.com/verify.php