I borked my partitions | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

tired ivy Jul 19, 2025, 10:25 AM

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So what happens now when you try to boot anywhere?

fathom bronze Jul 19, 2025, 11:52 AM

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tired ivy So what happens now when you try to boot anywhere?

Resetting the computer fixed it. just took a bit.

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I tried to delete the post but I eneded up just deleting my message lol

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anyway, thanks

tired ivy Jul 19, 2025, 11:54 AM

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So..... what's the situation now?

fathom bronze Jul 19, 2025, 11:54 AM

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windows installed, linux not installed

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windows was reset and the partitions were fixed by the reset

tired ivy Jul 19, 2025, 11:55 AM

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Do you want to try again?

fathom bronze Jul 19, 2025, 11:55 AM

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Not right now. I may try tomorrow or wait until I have another hardrive as I only have one hardrive rn

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alternatively I could just get rid of windows and not worry about dual booting but I still might need windows in the future

tired ivy Jul 19, 2025, 11:57 AM

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Ok, a few tips that might help avoid problems in the future:

Disable fast startup in windows
Disable bitlocker if it is used
Disable secureboot and fast boot in bios \ uefi

fathom bronze Jul 19, 2025, 11:58 AM

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Ok! thank you!

tired ivy Jul 19, 2025, 12:01 PM

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From what I remember in your original message, I'm guessing the first warning (that you accepted) was about attempting to resize windows partition, and the second one (that you went back on) was about formatting the new partition after the resizing.

fathom bronze Jul 19, 2025, 11:10 PM

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Could I do a full install of cinnamon using the "wipe disc" install option and still keep the windows license to install later if I get a second hardrive?

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 5:45 AM

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I installed it successfully

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I am sending these messages from a Linux installation

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 7:18 AM

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Great, can you access both windows and linux?

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 7:45 AM

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tired ivy Great, can you access both windows and linux?

I decided against using windows at all

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I am just using linux now

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I have run into some new problems though, should I make a new post in mint-support?

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driver manager is not loading

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 7:47 AM

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Maybe I can help right here

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 7:47 AM

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ok, I have been waiting for maybe 10 minutes for driver manager to get off of "looking for drivers - please wait..."

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is that a problem?

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or should I just wait longer?

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 7:48 AM

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No, it is usually a few seconds

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 7:48 AM

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I have also had problems installing some things

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 7:49 AM

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like what?

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 7:49 AM

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commands starting with sudo usually dont work

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my user has administrator permissions and is in the sudo group

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 7:50 AM

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Were there any strange errors during install?

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I mean mint install

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 7:51 AM

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E: Type 'sudo' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list

E: The list of sources could not be read.

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 7:51 AM

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tired ivy I mean mint install

only one related to the dvd

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 7:52 AM

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Ok, let's check things one by one. can you make screenshots?

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 7:52 AM

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Is there like a snipping tool for linux?

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also, it seems that I have installed a program using sudo

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so some dont work, and others do

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Element worked but Signal did not

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 7:53 AM

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fathom bronze Is there like a snipping tool for linux?

yes, just click the menu and start typing screenshot

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 7:56 AM

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I was trying to recreate it to take a screenshot

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but it worked lol

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it seems I was copying and pasting the lines incorrectly

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Even though that works, my driver manager still doesnt stop loading

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 7:57 AM

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If you can make screenshots now, could you go to the terminal and run

sudo apt update

screenshot the command and the result please

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 7:58 AM

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it worked

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fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 7:58 AM

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fathom bronze Even though that works, my driver manager still doesnt stop loading

I just tried reopening it and it loaded?

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 7:59 AM

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I see you haven't updated the system yet, please do so

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and restart after

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 8:01 AM

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wait, that is for an update of update manager

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ok, im installing the updates

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 8:02 AM

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Since driver manager and update manager (and software manager) use the same tool under the hood, you can't use them at the same time

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 8:02 AM

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ok

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God Mint boots up waaaay faster than my old computer

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 8:07 AM

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That's good )
you can use

systemd-analyze

in the terminal to see how much time the latest boot took

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 8:08 AM

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36.327s

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old computer took multiple minutes

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 8:09 AM

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36s? you're on ssd I'm guessing

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 8:10 AM

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is that considered fast?

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 8:11 AM

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yes, I'd say so

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Certainly not minutes ))

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 8:13 AM

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im on ssd

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you were right

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Thank you so much for helping me, your a gem.

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restarting now

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 8:15 AM

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Go ahead )

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 8:17 AM

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ok, updated

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 8:17 AM

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Great, does everything work?

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 8:17 AM

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lemme see

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I also love the fact that when you search up task manager it comes up with system monitor

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 8:19 AM

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Seems like everything's good

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 8:21 AM

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If there is a new problem then I will research it first then make a ticket if I need further assistance

vast arrow Jul 20, 2025, 8:21 AM

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How did you make

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 8:21 AM

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Is there anything I can do to thank you?

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 8:21 AM

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Then just set up timeshift, if you haven't already and you're good to go.

My DMs are also open if you'll have questions later. I may not know advanced stuff, but I'll try to help

vast arrow Jul 20, 2025, 8:21 AM

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Maniak2000 I need help

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 8:22 AM

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vast arrow Maniak2000 I need help

one at a time

vast arrow Jul 20, 2025, 8:22 AM

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tired ivy one at a time

Ok

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 8:23 AM

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@fathom bronze I'm guessing we're done for now?

fathom bronze Jul 20, 2025, 8:23 AM

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it seems, yes

tired ivy Jul 20, 2025, 8:23 AM

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Ok.

@vast arrow what's up?

vast arrow Jul 20, 2025, 8:24 AM

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tired ivy Ok. <@1274989423758409790> what's up?

Hi i made another channel of my problem it's name is: how do I make to change the boot logo on linux mint xia

#I borked my partitions