how do i make linux partition go back to windows partition

[magic cipher]

pls help

[quaint bear]

Which of the operating systems are installed and working? Both? Just one? Which one?

[magic cipher]

both are working

[quaint bear]

So you want to delete the Linux install and just keep using Windows?

[magic cipher]

yeah and keep the storage it used up

my friend said its 60 gb but i'm not sure

[quaint bear]

Open Explorer, find the line that says "This PC" and right click it. There should be an option to get you to Disk Management. It will not be called that, because MS is evil.

[magic cipher]

i already have it open

[quaint bear]

Can you identify the Linux partition(s)? If not, share a screenshot.

[quaint bear]

Select the 60.49GB one, just click on it once. Then see if you have right-click options on it.

You need to keep the other three, just this one partition is Linux.

[magic cipher]

i can only delete

[quaint bear]

That is correct, delete the volume.

Once that is done, you can select the C: partition, and you should have the option to resize it.

[magic cipher]

expand?

[quaint bear]

That is probably the Microsoft way to say "resize". Sounds like the thing you want. Expand it as far as it will go, then you should have all your storage back.

[magic cipher]

well it tells me "volume erweitern" wich means the same thing as expand

[quaint bear]

Then that is what you want.

[magic cipher]

unsure if i should change anything here?

[calm chasm]

just next until it finishes

[magic cipher]

translated

[magic cipher]

how do i know if its something bad

[quaint bear]

You know because we already did this, and it worked.

The tool is a bit ancient, it still thinks it lives in 1999.

[magic cipher]

so if i press continue its gonna give me the max amount of storage?

[quaint bear]

Yes. Read what it says. One line, it shows you what it has available, and the next line, it lets you select how much of that you want to add. It defaults to the same number, so everything. Which is what you wanted.

[magic cipher]

i genuinely like

don't understand anything it says

even tho i understand everything it says

[calm chasm]

no one does

[quaint bear]

That is a damning indictment not so much for you, but for your teachers.

[magic cipher]

no like

i understand the context and stuff

it seems badly translated to german

[quaint bear]

This interface is about a change to be made, so it splits the view into a "now" and an "after the change". You set everything as you want it, then apply the change.

[magic cipher]

i think it says it will turn the 62000 mb into the windows

this is a good sign?

[quaint bear]

This is the thing you wanted. All of the storage that the Linux installer had split is now back to being part of the Windows partition. You are done.

Do not touch the other partitions, they are part of Windows and need to be just like they are.

[magic cipher]

thank you

[quaint bear]

Sure, any time. You can mark your thread as solved.

[magic cipher]

help

everything broke

[quaint bear]

Specify, please

[magic cipher]

i get this when i boot

[quaint bear]

That is not related to the thing you did in the screenshots.

[magic cipher]

yeah i know

but after i did this i restarted my pc and this happened

[calm chasm]

stop trolling mate

[quaint bear]

I seriously do not know why Windows does this kind of shit. You clearly booted into Windows, so either you did something different this time, or you actually broke the ESP, which looked intact in your last screenshot. I cannot help you there. You either figure out how to boot it, or do a boot repair.

[calm chasm]

that does happen usually but it didn't happen to you. enter your firmware setup and just move windows up like you did before

[magic cipher]

dude

[magic cipher]

i know i remember you showed me but i cant enter the firmware setup

[calm chasm]

you can spam key on boot or just type fwsetup to enter firmware setup

[magic cipher]

the key didnt work but fwsetup did

[calm chasm]

what happened there was grub displays a menu asking if you want to boot Linux or windows. when Linux partition gets deleted, so does grub config. the actual bootloader is stored on the ESP so it doesn't get removed. the solution is to move windows up in the bootloader priority list

[magic cipher]

why is ubuntu even still here as a boot device

[quaint bear]

So he was previously booting Windows through Grub still? That is a fairly basic issue, to be solved through UEFI or boot menu.

[quaint bear]

Grub is on your ESP. And if you have no idea what that is, I question the wisdom of trying to dual boot.

[magic cipher]

i should've probably changed it to windows before deleting

[quaint bear]

You can change it now, you just have the wrong boot order now.

[magic cipher]

lot forced me to get linux

[magic cipher]

yeah i did it works now

[calm chasm]

you installed it willingly

[quaint bear]

I am sorry that these things are so annoying, but that is because Microsoft keeps them annoying, so they can scare people away from leaving Windows.

[magic cipher]

you made it seem easy to use

[calm chasm]

you used it once and then never again

[magic cipher]

yeah i kinda get it but i dont want to learn how to do this

[magic cipher]

i could'nt even install steam lol

[quaint bear]

Then stay on Windows. Without a learning mindset, Linux will not make you happy.

[magic cipher]

just don't really have time for it yk

[wise juniper]

set your bios boot order back to Windows boot manager, presuming it's UEFI mode