you can remove E from windows disk management and select install alongside windows in mint installer
#[Abandoned] Erase Everything or Partition Table?
hasty berry
brother I don't fucking care I explained many times already
if you don't want to do it then don't
there and in this thread
not my fault you are stupid and keep denying everything
tribal sphinx
Are you trying to install on the same disk as Windows?
Or a seperate disk?
Yes you will get the option to erase everything.
Erase everything
Pick E:
Mint has a habit of piggybacking in Windows boot partition so if you can remove it you'll be better for it if you care about that.
No
It will only install on the disk you pick to erase, but it might piggyback in the windows boot partition for boot, so unplug/remove your C: if you care about that.
Do you have secure boot enabled? Need to disable if so.
Do you care if mint piggybacks in windows boot partition? If so, then unplug or pull the drive. It probably will.
No space you'll notice, it's the boot partition.
It won't take any space available to you on your C: drive, but if you ever need to wipe C: or it fails you won't be able to easily boot into Mint.
If you're able to unplug C: during the install I'd advise that.
If you're unable, and piggybacking is a concern for you, then you'll need to "pick something else" and partition and flag the drive yourself.
Did you build your PC or is this a prebuilt?
Is your C: drive and NVMe drive?
Have you ever installed an NVMe drive before?
Ok, just pick erase everything, pick E: as your install drive, and let the installer do its thing. It may piggyback on your windows boot partition for boot, but as long as secure boot is disabled you've nothing to worry about unless you have a hardware failure. 🙂
The installer will have you verify everything before it does anything, just be sure you PICK THE CORRECT DRIVE you want Mint installed on. It will probably not show up as E: in the installer.
Not really a compromise, per se, just a quirk.
It's nothing you'll ever notice.
And as you use linux you'll learn. You'll be distrohopping in no time. 🙂
Be careful, pick the correct drive, and have fun. 🙂
inner lake
i told u to pick something else when i linked u that thing in previous post
did u even read it?
inner lake
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inner lake
alright well I hope u didn't steamroll over files you needed. btw you have an automade swapfile:
see output of cat /proc/swaps
inner lake
use ventoy as the flasher to set up the usb, and set its options to gpt before installing. then copy the iso to it
it's all explained here #1261327750715801630 message
unique rain
[Abandoned] Erase Everything or Partition Table?