boot the live usb up and run gparted and resize it
#how would i give my linux dualboot more storage
earnest compass
that means selecting an adjacent partition on it that has space, and shrinking it. Then once you see unallocated space, you extend the linux partition over it.
idle lantern
boot the live usb up and run gparted and resize it
for some reason i cant boot from my usb
earnest compass
how are you attempting it?
earnest compass
for some reason i cant boot from my usb
are you trying from the power-on screen, by pressing the boot menu key?
you must also ensure Fast Startup in Windows is off
since you mention a dual boot
idle lantern
are you trying from the power-on screen, by pressing the boot menu key?
yeah and fast startup is off
earnest compass
So Windows boots up fine?
idle lantern
yeah
earnest compass
and Linux boots up fine?
idle lantern
yup
earnest compass
are you at the computer now?
idle lantern
yea
earnest compass
load either OS up
idle lantern
ok
earnest compass
which one is up?
idle lantern
linux
earnest compass
ok
open terminal and check two things:
first command: efibootmgr
do it show many entry numbers. or say not supported?
idle lantern
do it show many entry numbers. or say not supported?
yeah
BootCurrent: 0004
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0004,0000,0001,0002,9999
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,8c1cb9b2-508b-49fb-923c-31130f47cb04,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)57494e444f5753000100000088000000780000004200430044004f0042004a004500430054003d007b00390064006500610038003600320063002d0035006300640064002d0034006500370030002d0061006300630031002d006600330032006200330034003400640034003700390035007d00000062000100000010000000040000007fff0400
Boot0001* Internal Hard Disk PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x4)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,8C-E3-8E-04-01-7A-56-0C)/HD(1,GPT,8c1cb9b2-508b-49fb-923c-31130f47cb04,0x800,0x32000)0000424f
Boot0002* Internal Hard Disk PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x4)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,8C-E3-8E-04-01-7A-56-0C)/HD(5,GPT,9e11177a-018b-475d-984d-f6fa606c4047,0x36a41800,0x200000)0000424f
Boot0004* Ubuntu HD(1,GPT,8c1cb9b2-508b-49fb-923c-31130f47cb04,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)
Boot9999* USB Drive (UEFI) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1d,0x0)/USB(16,0)0000424fyeah
earnest compass
check mokutil --sb-state
idle lantern
its disabled
earnest compass
ok, just boot up Windows now
idle lantern
im on it
idle lantern
UEFI
earnest compass
does it mention secure boot being off there as well?
idle lantern
HP
earnest compass
on HP, F9 is boot menu
do you have the same usb u installed Mint with, or did it get erased or altered?
idle lantern
it erased
earnest compass
no OS on it?
idle lantern
no just gparted
earnest compass
gparted-live?
idle lantern
yeah
earnest compass
how did you prepare the usb?
idle lantern
rufus
earnest compass
ok well it should boot, how far do u reach, when u turn on machine and press F9?
idle lantern
It brings me too grub
earnest compass
no good, when u press F9, you're supposed to see a list of bootable things
earnest compass
f10 is recovery in HP. no good
idle lantern
no I ment I’ve been pressing f10 before but I pressed f9 and it brought me here but I don’t know what to do
earnest compass
ohhh
it is possible that rufus did not make the usb UEFI bootable
either redo it, or get ventoy from ventoy,net to redo it
and use gpt option for uefi system in either one
^ if using ventoy for windows, (ventoy2disk.exe) u set the option like that in pic. then hit install (to the usb)
then copy the gparted-live (or any linux like puppy linux) onto the newly empty usb drive labelled VENTOY
then boot it
idle lantern
Alr