I broke my linux while playing with gparted and storage pls help | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 6:37 PM

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i was trying to get the linux part of my ssd have more storage i formated a volume made user the owner of all volumes (i did all those using the right click in the storage app (i have gnome )) i MIGHT have clicked other buttonst that i didnt remmember and at first i wasnt able to acces most storage drives so i restarted but now i cant even launch linux 😦 those are the frames that i captured i also tried to mess with the recovery tool but it didnt work pls help 😦

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 6:43 PM

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I hope u did NOT change the owner of the OS partition

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the most sanest way to fix this is boot the live USB, and make a new installation

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if you DIDNT change the owner of the OS partition, AND you have a timeshift snapshot, you may restore that snapshot using timeshift from a live boot

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 6:50 PM

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tacit wyvern if you DIDNT change the owner of the OS partition, AND you have a timeshift snap...

i probably did though 😦

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i dont hvae a snapshot

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i wont be able to recover my themes and config addont etc when i reinstall no?

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 6:51 PM

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you can probably mess around to save the configs, but its tedious

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lesson:

dont mess around without accurate good guidance or prior deep knowledge
have at least one full timeshift snapshot containing system AND hidden home folders in it
have personal data backed up additionally on a totally separate usually offline drive, like usb

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 6:54 PM

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tacit wyvern lesson: - dont mess around without accurate good guidance or prior deep knowledg...

yes sir

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 6:54 PM

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tacit wyvern you can probably mess around to save the configs, but its tedious

and how do i do that

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 6:55 PM

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🤷‍♂️

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~/.themes ~/.icons ~/.config ~/.cinnamon

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boot live n check if root is still owner of the main folders of / in the ssd

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 6:57 PM

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understood but will i be able to acces them at all after i messed around

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my whole drive disappeared in windwos

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 6:57 PM

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ofc, u can browse data from live boot of mint. windows cant see linux

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 6:58 PM

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tacit wyvern boot live n check if root is still owner of the main folders of / in the ssd

give me like 15mins imma eat and boot into the linux mint live enviorment i already have an old flash drive with mint on it

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 7:35 PM

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tacit wyvern ofc, u can browse data from live boot of mint. windows cant see linux

hello im using discord on my phone in a very janky way but i opened the love enviorment

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 7:35 PM

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ok

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 7:35 PM

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its saying a q00gb volume is owned by root

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and the others are owned by linux live enviorment

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 7:35 PM

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show a pic of the DISKS app, on all drives

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multiple pics

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 7:36 PM

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ok

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 7:36 PM

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not counting the loop device, nor usb stick

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 7:36 PM

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tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 7:37 PM

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please take pics straight-on, in landscape, showing the full

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ty

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 7:37 PM

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welcome and thanks for bearing with me

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 7:37 PM

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ntfs. next

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 7:38 PM

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you mean next drive?

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tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 7:39 PM

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ntfs. next

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 7:39 PM

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this is the disk linux was originaly on

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(i think)

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the 88gb is the one i ttied to ree up and the 51gb one is the linux installation

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 7:42 PM

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what I would do is copy off anything u need to keep, data files. from the partitions of this drive, then redo it fresh. and i mean fresh

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 7:43 PM

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ok i understand

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 7:44 PM

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after they're backed up unplug the windows drive. it is the first pic. n has an EFI partition at start. unplug it. then boot linux live usb. make brand new partition table on the 240 gig ssd. (as GPT) using gparted. and then run the installer, n have it erase n install onto that 240 gig drive

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 7:45 PM

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tacit wyvern after they're backed up unplug the windows drive. it is the first pic. n has an ...

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 7:45 PM

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unplug as in physacly?

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 7:45 PM

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yes

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this is to guaran-damn-tee you get a separate efi partition made by the mint installer

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 7:46 PM

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tacit wyvern after they're backed up unplug the windows drive. it is the first pic. n has an ...

should i format it first so i can make the partion copacity 240gigs

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 7:47 PM

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copper cradle should i format it first so i can make the partion copacity 240gigs

the pic above shows all that needs to be done to blank the drive.

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that's after backing up

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and unplugging the windows boot drive

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 7:47 PM

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understood bit i cant find the .config folder

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 7:47 PM

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press ctrl-h

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look in ur old install, in userhome

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 7:48 PM

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isnt it supposed to be on the 55gb ssd after i enable hidden file

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i tried

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 7:48 PM

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depends if u made separate home partition or not

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 7:49 PM

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you know what?

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 7:49 PM

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explore p5 and p6

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 7:49 PM

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who needs his old files anyway

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 7:50 PM

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mhm

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 7:50 PM

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imma be a man and do it from 0

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with timeshift this time

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 7:50 PM

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any other data to keep?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 7:50 PM

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nah they are all on windwos

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 7:50 PM

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did u even find ur home/userhome?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 7:51 PM

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found usr

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didnt find home

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 7:51 PM

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that stands for 'universal system resources'

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 7:51 PM

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🙂

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 7:52 PM

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not 'user*

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 7:52 PM

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i did find it !

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here is my old stuff

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ok im anot a man imma copy them

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i still cant find config

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i found the other stuff thiugh

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nvm

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:00 PM

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copper cradle nvm

this is the drive u will need to unscrew one screw, and pull from motherboard. nvme.

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:03 PM

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its a m.2 not an nvme

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bit i dont want to risk harming my pc is it possabile to do it without

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removing it

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i did it and im scared

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:14 PM

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ok hold up

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:14 PM

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i did it its fine

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:14 PM

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u removed the nvme ? (safest option by far)

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:15 PM

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tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:15 PM

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then boot live and wipe the 240

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:15 PM

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did that

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made it a gpt partion

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:15 PM

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then why the fk are u doing manual mode?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:15 PM

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but this appears when i select the ree 240gigs

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:16 PM

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tacit wyvern then why the fk are u doing manual mode?

cuse there is a 10000 gb hhd

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:16 PM

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i told u use 'erase n install'

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it wont touch the other

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as long as u choose

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:16 PM

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it says it will delete the files on it plus 1000 not 10000 i mistyped

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ok

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:16 PM

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so shutdown if ur not sure

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and unplug the other also

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:17 PM

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if it wont erase it then no need

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will it ?

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:17 PM

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but really it shouldnt. when u do erase and install, the next step is WHICH drive to work on

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:17 PM

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oh yea it did ask me

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ok thx ill do erasen install

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:17 PM

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give it the 240 gig

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:18 PM

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ok

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:20 PM

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copper cradle cuse there is a 10000 gb hhd

it's a 750 GB

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:21 PM

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tacit wyvern it's a 750 GB

yea

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true

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:21 PM

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copper cradle

look

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:21 PM

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i was wrong sry

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:21 PM

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tacit wyvern it's a 750 GB

i added another 0 too XD

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:22 PM

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just make sure u pick the 240 gb drive to erase n install on

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:22 PM

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ok

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:22 PM

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it will show final summary anyway before it starts writing to disk

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:22 PM

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it finished installing !

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:23 PM

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show now a pic

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of the disks APP

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on the 240

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:23 PM

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tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:25 PM

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good. u see the flags on the right?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:25 PM

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yea

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:25 PM

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u have now an independent EFI partition to boot exclusively LINUX

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:25 PM

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it says boot,esp

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:25 PM

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tacit wyvern u have now an independent EFI partition to boot exclusively LINUX

understood

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:25 PM

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So, next, do safely shutdown

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or reboot rather

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and test this new install AS IS

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:26 PM

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can i plug in my ssd now?

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:26 PM

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no

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:26 PM

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ok but what do you mean as in cant i install gnome

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:26 PM

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hang on

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:26 PM

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tacit wyvern no

understood

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:27 PM

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do a test reboot

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:27 PM

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ok

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:27 PM

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to the NEW install

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NO win drive.

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:27 PM

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ok

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done

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im in

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:28 PM

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u got welome screen?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:28 PM

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yea

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:29 PM

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u should make a dedicated partition on the 750 GB drive, strictly for timeshift snapshots

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i'd recommend at leasttt 150 GB even 200

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u have tons of space on it

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:30 PM

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ok

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should i do it now

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or after installing stuff

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:30 PM

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but first it needs to be file checked by chkdisk to make EXTREMELY sure it is resizable and healthy. that needs to be executed from Windows environment

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:31 PM

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tacit wyvern but first it needs to be file checked by chkdisk to make EXTREMELY sure it is re...

ok

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so now what

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i hide tbe evidence?

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:31 PM

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no wait

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do a complete shutdown

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:32 PM

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tacit wyvern do a complete shutdown

as in press the shutdown button

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:32 PM

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safe shutdown from start menu, always. after complete shutdown,

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after complete shutdown, must clean out OLD efi from nvme (CAREFULLY!)

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so steps are :

shutdown
unplug 240 GB drive to be safe
replug windows nvme
boot the live usb again of Mint.

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then open Disks app, select the EFI partition of the windows drive from disks app. and mount it . (play icon) then tag me

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:36 PM

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how tight does the m.2 screw have to be

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i know im not supposed to make it firm

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cuse the ssd will snap

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:36 PM

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not tight at all. as long as the stick is fully inserted.

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overview - get rid of the ubuntu folder from the windows efi

boot Windows up and do a chkdsk on the 750 GB drive to guarantee its healthy, no errors.

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disable windows fast startup if it is on
resize the 750 GB (shrink it by 200 gigs) using disk management or gparted from live mint boot.

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make that space into an ext4 volume called TS_Back so u can store ur restore snapshots there.

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:41 PM

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oh no the screw fell into the pc

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:41 PM

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re-add the linux drive n boot it and set up timeshift. and be sure to include hidden home folders also

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gl

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:45 PM

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cable manegment 🙂 (i couldnt find the screw so i gave up)

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oh the screw found ME

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it fell on its own

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yo

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:52 PM

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boot windows

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:52 PM

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wait

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didnt you say boot to linux live enviorment

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shouls i close it?

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:53 PM

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tacit wyvern then open Disks app, select the EFI partition __of the windows drive__ from disk...

yes ur right

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:54 PM

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i mounted it

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:54 PM

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the first partition right? 100 meg EFI

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and ur in live mode mint rn, yes?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:55 PM

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sry for the bad pic qualoty

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:55 PM

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good, click on blue link

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:55 PM

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the media/mint 1 right

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i clicked

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:56 PM

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in the file manager that pops up, right click in space in file pane, and do "open as root"

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then show pic

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:56 PM

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tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:57 PM

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copper cradle

go into EFI

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find ubuntu folder and delete it. and nothing else!

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:58 PM

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i can delete the evidence now?

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like install stuff

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:59 PM

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only the ubuntu folder then close the manager

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:59 PM

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and put my deives in

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 8:59 PM

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tacit wyvern only the ubuntu folder then close the manager

done

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 8:59 PM

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wait. u have to do all the overview i wrote

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now to reach Windows, u will need to find it from UEFI

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and put "windows boot manager" to top of boot list for uefi things

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:00 PM

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i booted into it

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:01 PM

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ok open an admin. command prompt in windows

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@copper cradle

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:01 PM

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whats the equivlant to sudo

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:01 PM

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just right click on windows terminal

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:02 PM

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tacit wyvern ok open an admin. command prompt in windows

ok

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:02 PM

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now ur command prompt should say C:\windows\system32

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:02 PM

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it does

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:02 PM

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do powercfg /a and show result

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:03 PM

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tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:03 PM

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excellent. fast startup is off.

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next, what is the drive letter for the 750 GB volume?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:04 PM

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N

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:04 PM

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drive N: ?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:04 PM

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yea

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:05 PM

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do chkdsk n:

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if it finds any errors, then do chkdsk n: /f to correct them

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:06 PM

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tacit wyvern - disable windows fast startup if it is on - resize the 750 GB (shrink it by 200...

overview bookmark

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:06 PM

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C:\Windows\System32>chkdsk n:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is New Volume.

WARNING! /F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.

Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
54784 file records processed.
File verification completed.
Phase duration (File record verification): 2.01 seconds.
942 large file records processed.
Phase duration (Orphan file record recovery): 0.65 milliseconds.
0 bad file records processed.
Phase duration (Bad file record checking): 0.26 milliseconds.

Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
224 reparse records processed.
62374 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
Phase duration (Index verification): 3.83 seconds.
0 unindexed files scanned.
Phase duration (Orphan reconnection): 2.48 milliseconds.
0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.
Phase duration (Orphan recovery to lost and found): 0.20 milliseconds.
224 reparse records processed.
Phase duration (Reparse point and Object ID verification): 1.06 milliseconds.

Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Security descriptor verification completed.
Phase duration (Security descriptor verification): 12.42 milliseconds.
3796 data files processed.
Phase duration (Data attribute verification): 0.17 milliseconds.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
40572368 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.
Phase duration (USN journal verification): 819.78 milliseconds.

Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.
No further action is required.

732571647 KB total disk space.
77369744 KB in 49359 files.
14920 KB in 3797 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
181951 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
655005032 KB available on disk.

  4096 bytes in each allocation unit.

183142911 total allocation units on disk.
163751258 allocation units available on disk.
Total duration: 6.68 seconds (6688 ms).

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since im in windwos now i can use discord as normal

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:07 PM

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hold on now

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look at the overview

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:07 PM

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yea

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:07 PM

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open Disk Management

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:07 PM

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in windwos?

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:07 PM

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yep

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:08 PM

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tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:08 PM

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find the "new volume" in the diagram (drive n:) right click it, and resize

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:09 PM

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wait why is the screenshot shortcut now workin

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:09 PM

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shrink by 200 GiB if u can spare it, (that's 204,800 MiB)

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:10 PM

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shrink volume right?

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ok how about 150

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:10 PM

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tacit wyvern shrink by 200 GiB if u can spare it, (that's 204,800 MiB)

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copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:10 PM

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😦 ok

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:10 PM

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wait

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:11 PM

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i can do 200

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:11 PM

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if u want 150, then put 153,600 MiB

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brb

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:12 PM

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tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:13 PM

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excellent. do you want to relabel "new volume" into something more cool or not?

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that's the plain default, non-descriptive label that disk management made

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:13 PM

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tacit wyvern excellent. do you want to relabel "new volume" into something more cool or not?

no need

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:13 PM

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ok next step of overview

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:14 PM

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tacit wyvern - make that space into an ext4 volume called TS_Back so u can store ur restore ...

this?

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:14 PM

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tacit wyvern - make that space into an ext4 volume called TS_Back so u can store ur restore ...

u can now shutdown. put the linux drive in, and boot to the real linux

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:14 PM

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ok 1 sec ill do that

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but we will be back to** JANKY DISCORD** dramatic music

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:15 PM

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again, u may see TWO ubuntu entries in efi bios now

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because bios remembers the OLD one still, plus the new entry from new mint install.

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so try to choose the correct one

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:15 PM

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tacit wyvern because bios remembers the OLD one still, plus the new entry from new mint insta...

is there a way to delete the old one

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:16 PM

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yes but it's kinda tricky to know which is which 😛

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:16 PM

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ok then lets leave it be

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:16 PM

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maybe one is with capital U, and one with lowercase u. but leave for now

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:20 PM

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should i plug my cables back in

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:20 PM

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yep

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:20 PM

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are we done removing disks?

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:21 PM

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yep should be

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make that 200 GiB space into an ext4 volume called TS_Back so u can store ur restore snapshots there.

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you can do this from the gnome-disks app in Accessories in Mint

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and we must set it to automount, so it's always available when timeshift needs it

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tag me when ur in the DISKS app on real Mint

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:23 PM

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wait so i have to install gnome noe

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:24 PM

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no

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dont be a fool. i stg

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I STG

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:24 PM

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whats ISTG

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:24 PM

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make the bloody volume, then timeshift. THEN fuck around

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'i swear to God'

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:25 PM

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there is 1 mint nice

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:25 PM

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ok u in disks app?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:25 PM

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tacit wyvern you can do this from the gnome-disks app in Accessories in Mint

i was refrencing this

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:25 PM

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tacit wyvern ok u in disks app?

launching

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:25 PM

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tacit wyvern ok u in disks app?

yea

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:25 PM

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choose the 750,. then the 200 gig free space

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highlight 200 GB free space, the press +

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the button which lets u "add" a partition/volume

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:26 PM

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ok

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tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:27 PM

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yes next

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make sure give it volume name as i said

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:28 PM

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did that

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:28 PM

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aight. let it format

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:28 PM

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it did i think

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how do i check

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:29 PM

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well it will simply show all the info u can read in disks app

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label, fs type, size, etc

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:29 PM

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it did

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:29 PM

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ok next, u select it

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:29 PM

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tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:30 PM

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what's NCP mean?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:30 PM

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its supposed to be ncb

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Notchos computer backup

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:31 PM

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so fix it

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:31 PM

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nah no need

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:31 PM

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click the gear, 'edit filesystem'

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put somethig USEFUL

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:31 PM

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ok sure

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:31 PM

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like BAK

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which is the timeshift 'backups' place

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done?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:32 PM

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yea

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:32 PM

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ok click gear, > edit mount options

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now be careful here

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turn off user defaults

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:33 PM

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im already scared cuse this is where i broke my linux last time

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:33 PM

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then tick 'mount at startup'

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:33 PM

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tacit wyvern turn off user defaults

yea

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:33 PM

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then in the mountpoint location, put /mnt/backup

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:33 PM

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its already ticked

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:33 PM

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just like that

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:33 PM

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finiahed?

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:33 PM

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then show pic

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:34 PM

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tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:34 PM

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tacit wyvern then in the mountpoint location, put /mnt/backup

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copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:35 PM

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delete the text and put it in its place?

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:35 PM

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in filesystem put ext4

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when u click OK, it *should * likely prompt u for sudo password

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:36 PM

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tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:36 PM

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wait

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in the Display name, can u put BAK there?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:37 PM

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sure

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:38 PM

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ok. then it should be good to go, once u hit ok

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:38 PM

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but i named it N-BACKUP

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done

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now?

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:38 PM

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well, first lets see if it works. as it should.

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reboot linux mint again.

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if it works, u should see a device in your file manager devices section, on reboot , and it will say N-Backup

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:40 PM

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it says BAK

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it works right

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:40 PM

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ok whatever, that's the drive's label

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good enough

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so u rebooted, yes?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:40 PM

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ye

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:40 PM

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ok nowwwww open Timeshift app

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and set up a schedule. weekly

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:41 PM

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yea

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:41 PM

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you can select to 'keep 2' for weekly. that will leave one latest backup, plus one before that.

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untick all the other times.

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:41 PM

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include all files right

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:42 PM

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well hang on now

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u want to save the user's userhome "hidden" files

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this is so any major desktop changes/ config files are preserved to how they are RIGHT NOW

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since messing with desktop effects n stuff saves in hidden home

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:43 PM

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ok so all files

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:43 PM

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um

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show the option i dont think ur understanding

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:43 PM

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tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:43 PM

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yah u werent understanding

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for root, exclude all

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for user, ONLY HIDDEN FILES

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:44 PM

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done

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:44 PM

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the configs are always hidden

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did u tell it WHERE to save?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:44 PM

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copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:44 PM

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tacit wyvern did u tell it WHERE to save?

yea

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:44 PM

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go back to preferences/ setup

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:44 PM

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the bak volume

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:45 PM

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u sure u picked the BAK ext4 volume?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:45 PM

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yea

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:45 PM

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and the weekly and nothing else right?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:45 PM

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yea

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:45 PM

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ok then. click 'create'

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this will make a current snapshot, how everything works right now perfect.

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in seven days, it will likely make another one on its own

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:46 PM

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how long does it take to create a snapshot

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:46 PM

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well ur current system is only using 10 gigs or so right now,

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since it's fresh. so probably a few minutes.

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:46 PM

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ok

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:47 PM

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tag me when it's done

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:47 PM

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sure

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but how many steps are left

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i realy dont have time left

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:48 PM

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ok

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one last thing @copper cradle

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and that is, if u dont want to use the BIOS boot key to choose one OS or another, u have to edit grub n fix it to show both as a black menu.

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:53 PM

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the timeshift finished

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:53 PM

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copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:53 PM

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tacit wyvern and that is, if u dont want to use the BIOS boot key to choose one OS or another...

doesnt the grub menu come preinstalled

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:53 PM

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so this time when u started linux, u didnt get that menu, right?

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how u started it, from BIOS right?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:53 PM

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i did

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yea

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idk maybe i didnt

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:54 PM

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it booted straight to Mint right

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:54 PM

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how do i inafall it

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:54 PM

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well, do this first

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:54 PM

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tacit wyvern it booted straight to Mint right

not sure but lets assume yes

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:54 PM

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open terminal,

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:54 PM

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yea

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:55 PM

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do sudo xed /etc/default/grub and show it maximized, full pic

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:56 PM

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tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:58 PM

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ok how many seconds do you want to see the menu , from which to choose an OS to boot?

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5? 8 ? 20

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:58 PM

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5 mins

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:58 PM

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minutes or seconds?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:58 PM

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minutea

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:58 PM

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seriously?

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u want it to stay on screen for five minutes til u make a choice?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:58 PM

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yea sometimes i press the on button and go get water

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or somethin

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:59 PM

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ok so in the grub timeout value put 300

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:59 PM

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ok

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:59 PM

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in place of 0

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 9:59 PM

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ok

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 9:59 PM

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and change 'hidden' to menu

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 10:00 PM

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ok

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done

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 10:00 PM

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show it

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this is very critical part in this file

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 10:00 PM

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i want to change the grub theme to the fallout theme how do i apply it

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 10:01 PM

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um leave it for another time

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 10:01 PM

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ok

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 10:01 PM

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there's a bunch of specific instructions for that

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now save the file. then,...

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in terminal, do sudo update-grub and WATCH IT CAREFULLY.. it should detect n add Windows.

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after it's updated the configuration, do sudo reboot and dont touch any key.. wait til u see black grub menu. (hopefully you do)

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then u can press enter on either Mint or Windows from there to start either.

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 10:04 PM

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it showed up

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 10:04 PM

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kool start mint

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did u see timere?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 10:04 PM

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no

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 10:04 PM

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counting down from 300 ?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 10:04 PM

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i didnt notice

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 10:04 PM

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did it show windows?

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 10:04 PM

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but as long as its there its ok

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it did show windwos

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 10:05 PM

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if not, then it's the wrong ubuntu being loaded. u will have to adjust order in the bios boot priorities

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when u reach Mint, please show pic of Disks app, full window, on the 240 gig drive selected

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 10:06 PM

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tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 10:07 PM

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that's AFTER ^

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 10:07 PM

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after what

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 10:08 PM

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this is BEFORE ^

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 10:08 PM

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ah ok

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thx

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you helped me alot today

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 10:09 PM

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alright. see that's how u properly set up dual drive dual boot linux

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yw.

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 10:09 PM

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thx very much

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i understand

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now good night ❤

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 10:10 PM

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and notice the stars

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on the small ssd

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that EFI partition is starred, meaning it is the one being used to launch linux

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u will probably notice your BAK volume also now has a star since it automounts

copper cradle May 25, 2025, 10:11 PM

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ok

tacit wyvern May 25, 2025, 10:11 PM

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anything with star is very important to linux, and should not be messed with, without very good knowledge or reason.

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SOLVED (did proper full reinstall, with snapshot backups)

copper cradle May 26, 2025, 1:29 PM

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tacit wyvern anything with star is very important to linux, and should not be messed with, wi...

hello brother

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are you online ?

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i kinda need help again if thats possabile

tacit wyvern May 26, 2025, 1:31 PM

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hello. if it's not related, make a new post

copper cradle May 26, 2025, 1:31 PM

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ok ill make a new post but its basicly that the computer suddenly started glitching after i installed gpu drivers

tacit wyvern May 26, 2025, 1:59 PM

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copper cradle ok ill make a new post but its basicly that the computer suddenly started glitch...

make new. do it now.

copper cradle May 26, 2025, 1:59 PM

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i solved it i think

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i reinstalled the drivers

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and restarted

#I broke my linux while playing with gparted and storage pls help