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Which primary partition can be deleted if there are more than 1?
I have a dual-boot laptop (initially only Ubuntu and now it is Windows with 186Gb partition and Ubuntu with 50Gb). I would like to remove the Ubuntu partition to make space for windows but both the ...
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Dual boot machine, not obvious how the boot sequence finds GRUB or how to remove it
I have a dual booting system (Windows and Ubuntu) where I am trying to remove Ubuntu and its partitions.
The internal drive (laptop) is divided as follows:
350MB System Reserved (mounted as P:)
150GB ...
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If I deleted a partition, will that delete the data on this partition?
I installed Ubuntu alongside Windows 11, but I forgot to turn off BitLocker.
Ubuntu was installed "successfully", but I wasn't able to dual boot, so I deleted the partitions assigned to ...
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Programs crashing on WIN11 after creating Ubuntu dual boot
I installed Ubuntu on my PC in a dual boot setup with Win 11 (which I have used solo in the past).
I am having issues with programs (steam, chrome, steam games and discord) crashing or not starting ...
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Dual boot Ubuntu after format, it seems I have both Ubuntu versions now
Title can be confusing, I wanted to summarize my problem. I am open to suggestions, so sorry for that.
I had Windows 11 and Ubuntu 18.04 both installed as dual boot. I wanted to delete Ubuntu 18.04 ...
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Shared partition to be symlinked by both Dual Boot OSs
TIL learned Windows support symlinks for quite a time now and I do want to upgrade my Ubuntu...
I'm thinking of making a partition for stuff like downloads and documents that I could symlink to my &...
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Dual Boot System: Two EFI partitions in two separate disks - want to wipe one disk
I am using a Windows 10/Ubuntu 18.04 dual boot system, and the Windows OS is stored in my 500 GB SSD (Disk C:), and the Ubuntu OS is stored in my 3TB HDD (Disk D:). I was doing some experiments with ...
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Which partitions should I delete on Windows 10 to get rid of my Ubuntu dual boot?
My ultimate goal is to remove all the Ubuntu partitions, but I can't tell which ones are Ubuntu partitions…
Windows partitions screenshot:
Ubuntu screenshot 1:
Ubuntu screenshot 2:
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Install Ubuntu between Windows partitions
I want to install Ubuntu alongside Windows 10 (which is already there) on my machine. I cleared up the space but it is right before two partitions which are named, OEM partition and Recovery partition ...
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Storage partition doesn't have the right permissions on Linux
I have a dual boot setup on my PC, Windows and Ubuntu. I have 3 main partitions 100GB for Windows, 100GB for Ubuntu and ~800GB as a common storage partition. On Windows everything works fine, on ...
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Dual-boot Ubuntu and Win 10 resulting in 2 empty partitions
I decided to install Ubuntu alongside Windows (dual-boot). I've unchecked things like Fast Startup and Secure Boot and I freed 30 GB space in diskmgmt.msc for Linux. Then I installed Ubuntu with my ...
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Dual Booting: Is it possible for the boot partition for 2 separate OSes be on the same SSD, while the rest of each OS are each on a separate drive?
For a clearer explanation of what I want to do:
(I'm relatively new to Linux and have near zero computing knowledge, so bear with me if I'm not using the right terms)
I have 2 SSDs, one older SATA ...
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How do I fix the partitions and dual boot with Windows 10 + Ubuntu 19.04?
My Dell laptop came with Windows 10. I tried to dual boot with Ubuntu 18.04, created partitions and lost my Windows installation. This is what I mean by lost: When I enter Windows from grub it shows ...
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Windows 10 installation wizard puts Reserved System Partition on non-booting disk
I am trying to install Windows 10 in my new laptop (Lenovo Legion Y530-15ICH) (user guide), it has an M.2 SSD and a HDD.
When I got to the screen to select the disk where to install the OS, I select ...
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How to recover files from Ubuntu after resizing my Windows partition?
My laptop has dual boot with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
I tried to resize my partition with AOMEI Partition Assistant and I can't find my ubuntu files anymore.
In the boot screen appears "...
