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[deft dust]

Im a newbie im trying to dualboot mint linux I have sucessfully wrote the iso image in my usb drive now im trying to make a new partition for storing my mint's data

[ashen garden]

Nope. No need to.

The installation process should already cover this.

Upon installation, there should be a section where you are asked what type of installation you'd like to use. Just proceed with "Install Linux Mint alongside existing OS."

[deft dust]

Yeah I did that

[ashen garden]

Is it not there?

[deft dust]

im stuck here

[ashen garden]

Just proceed with install now... since the system seems to have taken care of the bootloader and swap partitions already.

[deft dust]

It gave me warn saying like you cannot revert changes you made

So im worried if my data on that drive gets removed

[ashen garden]

Pretty much the norm.

[ashen garden]

If anything, you should've backed up those sensitive files prior.

It would only wipe the sda4 partition, so not much to worry, unless your files are there.

[deft dust]

well theres over 15 gigs of items its not possible for me to backup them so thats why I was thinking to create partition

[ashen garden]

In the SDA4?

[deft dust]

lemme give you a screenshot

[deft dust]

I mostly used windows so i donno much about these stuffs

[ashen garden]

Disk Management doesn't show EXT4 partitions buddy.

It is also unlikely for you to have data on that EXT4 SDA4 partition.

[deft dust]

this is not my screenshot btw

[ashen garden]

what in the actual-

aight mbmb go ahead

where are you in the process

[deft dust]

💀 I was just showing that I was stuck at this process

[ashen garden]

you clicked the "Install Linux Mint alongside Windows"?

[deft dust]

Yes

[deft dust]

let me bootup mint and send you screenshots using my phone

brb

[deft dust]

Yo i booted mint using usb drive now is it ok if i take it out

[ashen garden]

If you already installed it. Otherwise, no.

[deft dust]

Alright im sarting installation

@ashen garden

[ashen garden]

Did you create a blank partition in Windows earlier?

[deft dust]

Nope

I think sda 2 and sda 5 has files

[ashen garden]

Did you click "Install Linux Mint 22 Wilma alongside Windows 10"?

[deft dust]

Yessir

Lemme go back check that

[ashen garden]

Try clicking the check button on the left...

[ashen garden]

Yep that one :>

[deft dust]

Done now check dis ss

[ashen garden]

You can drag that divider to check how much space you want for your Linux Mint installation.

I made sure to ask if you proceeded with this option, because earlier, I kinda got reminded that it wasn't the default interface for such type of installation.

[deft dust]

Yes i set that im just worried if it erases data from that 500gb drive

[ashen garden]

It shouldn't afaik...

[deft dust]

Yeah i thought it would be better if i send ss of advanced prtition tool

[deft dust]

Alright im really worried should i continue?

Thats why i tried partition method

[ashen garden]

Go ahead. Your data should not be messed with by the installer in this case.

As far as I'm concerned, I've tried this method before and the installer respects your existing Windows installation.

If anything, the Windows installation is the one that doesn't respect the Linux one, in certain instances lol.

[ashen garden]

Continue :>

[deft dust]

Done its loading

[ashen garden]

If you'd were able to notice, your drive has 500GB, yet it only read/grabbed that 130GB.

[ashen garden]

Yep :>

[deft dust]

Continue? 👁️👄👁️

[ashen garden]

Yes.

[deft dust]

Its its gonna format 2 drives?!!!!??

[ashen garden]

I think Mint created a partition for itself with that option.

[ashen garden]

partition dearie....

partition is different from a drive

a partition exists within drives

[deft dust]

I mean i have 2 partition of drive 0

[ashen garden]

the only partition it formats is the partition it has created for itself

[deft dust]

C disk and D disk

[ashen garden]

it won't do anything to the other existing data

[deft dust]

🥶 i dont want to lose D disk it has photos OK THANKS I WAS SOOOO WORRIED👍

[ashen garden]

yeah yeah, i understand that

[deft dust]

Btw is there any way to access other partition files?

[ashen garden]

next time, you should back your data up to the cloud or any existing external local drives

[ashen garden]

from within mint?

[deft dust]

Yep

[ashen garden]

It should be found by the system and displayed on the left pane of the file manager by default.

[deft dust]

Is it ok if i put admin in username? im worried if it mess with the system

[ashen garden]

Anything should be fine, I suppose.

[deft dust]

Bro my keyboard and mouse got stuck 👁️👄👁️

It has rgb but aint working whadda

[ashen garden]

👁️👄👁️

What isn't working? The RGB?

[deft dust]

RGB is working fine but it aint working (typing or moving)

Is there any sleep function like windows do?

[ashen garden]

In Mint?

[deft dust]

Ye

Ok im in the final step of installation "Who are u" is it ok if i shut down directly? 🥶

[ashen garden]

There is (Suspend) but I don't suggest using it while you're in the installation process...

[ashen garden]

I don't think so.

[deft dust]

I pressed tab

Its saying copying files

I used the internal keyboard

[ashen garden]

yeah... just wait for now

[deft dust]

💀 erm the username and Name is set to aka can i change later

[ashen garden]

i'm not so sure about the username... but the name is easily changeable

[deft dust]

In windows u cant change the name and file name stays the same 😔😔

[deft dust]

Alright

Installing system? Isnt it like already installed

[ashen garden]

Nope... You're booting from a USB.

[deft dust]

Seeeeesh excited its half way to complete

[deft dust]

Hey there installation completed and i restarted the machine it works fine now thank you so much for helping seesh that took a while!

[ashen garden]

That's nice to hear, have a good one!

[deft dust]

CANT BELIEVE HOW FAST IT MAN!!