Dual booting Ubuntu and Windows 10 freezes at grub2

[underoath]

I spent the past couple of days trying different stuff. I still can't get Ubuntu installed on my new laptop (http://store.hp.com/CanadaStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=1UG52UA&opt=ABL&sel=NTB). 

All attempts freeze at the same point, "installing grub2 package...". P.s I left my PC for 5 hours, still never finishes.

1) I reformatted my laptop, reinstalled windows 10, shrank disk, choose along side windows, nothing.

2) I booted using Gparted, created partitions for both Windows and Ubuntu, windows installed fine, but Ubuntu stuck. 

3) I choose something else, and created an ext4 / partition , and a swap partition manually, same.

4) Tried the 17 version of Ubuntu, same. 

I use Rufus to create the bootable USB and I set it to create it for MBR for UEFI and Bios, just for UEFI and GPT for UEFI. I tried the fix which is listed here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/392254/ubuntu-install-hangs-at-installing-the-grub2-package/392273, same.

I'm really frustrated now and I think it's either the laptop, Windows 10 (to which I'm totally new), or the Ubuntu version itself.

Please advise, I need a standalone Ubuntu or any other linux system  urgently.

[COE2k14]

I have a newer HP 15 laptop. In this laptop, you have to disable legacy support to enable UEFI. Do this step, if you haven't already. Then, do a clean install of Windows 10 using GPT partition table (Not MBR). Boot the Win 10 live usb/dvd and select custom partitioning and press SHIFT+F10 to open a command terminal where you can run diskpart command to convert MBR to GPT erasing whole disk in the process too). Complete the Windows 10 installation.

Then, boot the Ubuntu live usb or dvd and in the boot menu (F9 key?) check for the USB Drive+UEFI to boot the UEFI Ubuntu image. After booting, install and check whether Ubuntu succeeds in completing installation with Grub2 bootloader.