install nvidia drivers in linux mint 17 at installation

Then I came across a forum post about adding a line of text to the boot command 'nvidia.modeset=0' and to reboot but that didn't seem to help. (If there is a way to get it into pure legacy mode, I don't know how to do it) I tried to do this from my bios, but my only options are UEFI or UEFI + LEGACY, so I left it on UEFI + LEGACY. First people wrote that you need to be in legacy mode and not UEFI. This lead me to check online for people with similar problems. However, my computers monitor says no signal is present and I can't see anything. I only know this because on my friends computer, once Linux loads, that same Chime is heard. It never comes back, but after about 1 minute, I do hear the Linux Chime. After about 15 seconds of hanging there, my monitor shuts off and lets me know that there is no signal present.

I choose Linux Mint and the screen goes to black and never comes back. Changed the Boot Order in the Bios to boot from the Thumb Drive- A splash screen comes up and asks me if I want to load linux mint, LM compatibility mode, etc. Installed Rufus and used it to mount the ISO to a USB thumb drive. I downloaded the Linux Mint Cinnamon 64 Bit to my hard drive.

I use Windows 10 on my SSD, but bought another drive that I was planning to dedicate solely to Linux. I decided it would be nice to have Linux on a separate hard drive on my computer. I have installed Linux Mint on a friends computer already and it seemed pretty flawless.

I'm a total beginner to Linux but not technically illiterate. I'm trying to install Linux Mint on a separate hard drive.

Install nvidia drivers in linux mint 17 at installation