After installing Linux Mint, only a terminal is showen when I boot into it

I have been using windows for as far back as I could remember and developing in virtual boxes but I have decided to install Linux Mint onto a second hard drive on my main computer. Sadly, when I boot into the partition which holds Linux Mint, it only displays a terminal where I can only perform basic commands. I'd like to have a GUI rather than a terminal, but I do not know what do do even after googling the topic. Please help! -BK