#Hello, I want to install Linux Mint from Windows without USB or CD

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weak fox
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I created a new partition 30gb in disk management in Windows and using diskpart I made it EFI. Then I mounted iso of linux mint and put those files to the partition.

I'm stuck at installation type. Since I booted from the disk, I can't just click one button and let it install automatically. What should I do?
Erase every single partition that are owned by Windows (Boot manager, windows itself, some other ntfs partition) and create a new one for Linux mint and another efi partition for bootloader or something?

Help me, please

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Here is how it looks right now

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weak fox
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I just manually partitioned

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1gig for efi
60 for /
Free space to home

sharp drift
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(you can do this from a virtial machine feed it the Mint ISO, and have the vm have access to the real disk)

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Did you use a VM?

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keep in mind you can only have ONE EFI partition PER DRIVE.

weak fox
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i booted to live system

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and there was no choice to install alongside windows, erase disk and install, because i booted from the DISK

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i manually partitioned. purged windows partitions and kept only efi one with the iso itself, then made efi partition for linux mint 1 gig, / partition, /home

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and clicked install now it worked

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then i just removed 30 gig partition using "disks" program and extended it to home partition

weak fox
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i don't think so then

weak fox
sharp drift
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SOLVED However, as shown above, this wipes out Windows.

weak fox