Deleting Windows and Combining Partitions | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

still hamlet Sep 26, 2025, 8:23 PM

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if its possible and fine to do so. I want to delete Windows from my system, and take the partitions Windows had and combine them with Linux so Linux has access to the full storage of each drive. How should I go about doing this?

tiny prairie Sep 26, 2025, 11:15 PM

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LIVE BOOT. follow this guide: #1340832236630573187 message

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key words . LIVE BOOT

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 2:55 AM

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should I follow it from the beginning and do the same steps?

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sorry for the long time to get back, i had something come up and needed to leave

void charm Sep 27, 2025, 5:00 AM

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I'll be honest, just migrate the data to all one partition or an external drive and migrate it over instead of having those partitions like that. It will just be confusing in my opinion. Much cleaner

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 3:40 PM

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void charm I'll be honest, just migrate the data to all one partition or an external drive ...

my partitions are already sectioned apart, I was wanting to undo all that and make them one volume again, if that was possible or advised. Or am I misunderstanding what you mean?

tiny prairie Sep 27, 2025, 4:45 PM

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still hamlet my partitions are already sectioned apart, I was wanting to undo all that and ma...

pretty much follow the guide link

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just dont delete the EFI system partition or any ext4 or btrfs ones!

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 4:46 PM

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alright, thank you Stunner

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if I have any questions while im reading ill ask here

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 5:15 PM

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save me (i dont need anything but dear god lol)

tiny prairie Sep 27, 2025, 5:16 PM

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oh hard drive, yes.

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go to Power Options in your settings, and make damn sure system's "Suspend" on idle is set to Never @still hamlet

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at least til this is 100% complete.

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 5:17 PM

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tiny prairie Sep 27, 2025, 5:18 PM

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make sure plugged into reliable electricity

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otherwise massive skull face

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 5:18 PM

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im probably gonna change the turn off screen to never as well just to be doubly safe

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its desktop, the main concern would be power outtage lol

tiny prairie Sep 27, 2025, 6:35 PM

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still hamlet its desktop, the main concern would be power outtage lol

how's the progress?

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 6:52 PM

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Still going, 3 hours left

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Just gotta say I’m glad it wasn’t a bigger drive

tiny prairie Sep 27, 2025, 11:23 PM

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@still hamlet finished?

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 11:26 PM

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it has finished finally

tiny prairie Sep 27, 2025, 11:27 PM

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good. does it look like the final pic in the example link i sent?

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this: #1340832236630573187 message

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 11:28 PM

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this isnt the boot drive for linux, this is just the hdd

tiny prairie Sep 27, 2025, 11:29 PM

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oh

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what were you even doing to it then?

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 11:30 PM

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the boot drive or the hdd?

tiny prairie Sep 27, 2025, 11:30 PM

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idk. whatever the hell u jst did for the last 4 or5 hours

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 11:31 PM

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moving the one partition of the 2tb drive over so i could give it the full volume instead of partial

tiny prairie Sep 27, 2025, 11:32 PM

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if u are only using linux, you should have made half to BTRFS, put all the data of the ntfs side over to it, then eliminate the ntfs. and stretch the other

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 11:32 PM

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oh, why is that if i may ask?

tiny prairie Sep 27, 2025, 11:33 PM

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ntfs will corrupt on linux use

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u should have been more clear in the start

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 11:33 PM

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im sorry

tiny prairie Sep 27, 2025, 11:33 PM

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my example clearly showed the person resizing their ext4.

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#1340832236630573187 message

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dog food for dogs, cat food for cat. Linux filesystems for Linux.

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 11:35 PM

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yes, but no mention of the btrfs stuff was shown

tiny prairie Sep 27, 2025, 11:36 PM

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cuz they wipe windows and moved the linux root

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 11:37 PM

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that makes more sense now. I should switch to btrfs for both storage drives im guessing?

tiny prairie Sep 27, 2025, 11:37 PM

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yes

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do the half-split method if ample empty room

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 11:37 PM

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alright, sorry for the confusion with it

tiny prairie Sep 27, 2025, 11:37 PM

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which I went over

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 11:38 PM

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for the boot drive itself, should i do the modifications to its partitions in the usb boot of mint?

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This is how it shows on GParted

tiny prairie Sep 27, 2025, 11:39 PM

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show a pic of the entire window of

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or that is good pic

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 11:40 PM

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sorry i started taking a new screenshot right as you said the entire window. I took that first one beforehand

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tiny prairie Sep 27, 2025, 11:40 PM

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delete p2,3,4

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and do what my first link shows then

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which is what u were supposed to have done 5 hours ago

tiny prairie Sep 27, 2025, 11:41 PM

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tiny prairie key words . LIVE BOOT

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note p5 is the ext4. do not delete that, unless u wanna say bye to linux.

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 11:43 PM

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i figured that was the case

tiny prairie Sep 27, 2025, 11:44 PM

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make a temp. backup first

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onto ur Chungus drive. of anything you value on the 1 TB nvme before proceeding

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@still hamlet

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 11:46 PM

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would a timeshift backup onto there also be a smart idea?

tiny prairie Sep 27, 2025, 11:46 PM

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meh

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wont work since it's not a linux filesystem

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can do the half-split conversion first, to btrfs

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then do a FULL timeshift backup onto the new btrfs thing on the 2 TB. making SURE u select to preserve user home, and hidden home

still hamlet Sep 27, 2025, 11:51 PM

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Alright, I will do that

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 12:11 AM

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is it normal for btrfs storage to just not let you add files to it to begin with?

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 12:59 AM

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still hamlet is it normal for btrfs storage to just not let you add files to it to begin with...

should've tagged me

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U gotta use the DISKS app, gear menu to take ownership of it

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only do such thing strictly for data partitions

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 1:06 AM

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I feel stupid for forgetting that. I also felt rude pinging after you had been pretty active beforehand

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 1:45 AM

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Here is the 2 other drives. How does this look @tiny prairie

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 1:47 AM

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still hamlet Here is the 2 other drives. How does this look <@725510568492138497>

if u took ownership fine.

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 1:47 AM

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yep, I did

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 1:48 AM

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the gaming one should be set to automount to /mnt/

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eg: /mnt/Gaming

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#1297195485144154164 message

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if you use Steam, then adjust steam settings for Storage, to point to that exact mountpoint

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 1:51 AM

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alright, and for the other drive, the 2tb one. Should it also mount to /mnt/?

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as in /mnt/Storage Drive

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 1:51 AM

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nah

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can leave as is

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 1:52 AM

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alright. it did mount to /mnt/ automatically, but that should be fine im guessing?

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 1:52 AM

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make your FULL timeshift snapshot onto the storage drive as i detailed

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 1:52 AM

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yep, im about to do that, i just wanted to be sure i had it all setup right first

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 1:53 AM

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lsblk -f plz

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 1:53 AM

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tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 1:53 AM

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you may also want to clear all-time web browser data caches before the full ts backup

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 1:54 AM

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still hamlet

more /etc/fstab plz

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 1:55 AM

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tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 1:57 AM

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that's some filthy horseshit right there

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why tf are two references set to gamin in fstab??

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n waht the hell is the fourth-last and second-last line??

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 1:59 AM

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i dont know if i should be concerned or impressed i somehow messed up this much

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:00 AM

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it's a ticket to a failed boot

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or hung boot.

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:00 AM

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my only guess with the 2 gaming ones is its looking at something related to the drive before the partition got changed

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:00 AM

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sudo xed /etc/fstab

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:00 AM

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because the old partition was labeled "Linux Gaming"

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:00 AM

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keep the last line.

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the 4th-last, 3rd-last, and 2nd-last lines are scrap/ bad

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:02 AM

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do you want the whole message it gave or just the last line?

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:02 AM

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delete them and show

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also your boot drive is now nvme1n1 . i would update that in the commented lines

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in place of nvme0n1

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:03 AM

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the highlighted ones to be sure?

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:04 AM

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tiny prairie also your boot drive is now nvme1n1 . i would update that in the commented line...

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still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:05 AM

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yep, change it to /dev/nvme1n1 instead of /dev/nvme01p1?

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:05 AM

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just the 1 digit that changed

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:05 AM

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okay, sorry

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save the file and exit?

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do you want me to run more/etc/fstab again or any other commands?

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:07 AM

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tiny prairie then do a FULL timeshift backup onto the new btrfs thing on the 2 TB. making SU...

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tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:07 AM

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still hamlet do you want me to run more/etc/fstab again or any other commands?

that's just to read long documents

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you should first make sure u 'ave ur linux bootable usb on hand JUST IN CASE

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then do a test reboot immmediately

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@still hamlet

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:09 AM

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yep, for the timeshift snapshot type, btrfs?

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:09 AM

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NO

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rsync

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:09 AM

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okay

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:09 AM

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but i meant before that

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do a test reboot

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:09 AM

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o

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:10 AM

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since all this fking with partitions. make sureeee u have live usb

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:10 AM

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Yep, got it right with me

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:10 AM

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in a drawer

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just incase have to do a rescue fstab fix fromm live boot

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:10 AM

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I want to make a joke but I’m also trying to be serious

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Well, it booted, but the main screen isn’t displaying lol

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:11 AM

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some recurring issue?

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or first time issue?

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:12 AM

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It happened one other time but both times are only with restarting the pc

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Not shut down

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:12 AM

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lsblk -f plz

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ensure whats supposed to be there is. no more, no less

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well...

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:15 AM

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I’m trying to get my main display to work so I can show you the result

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:15 AM

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win-p

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:15 AM

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Windows equivalent of refreshing the display?

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:16 AM

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projector output

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:17 AM

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ah, it didnt fix it. I had to just unplug the monitor and plug it back in

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:18 AM

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righht. so manually click the storage drive in file manager, then clear ur caches n make ur full, and i mean FULL - timeshift

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:21 AM

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Does that look correct?

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:21 AM

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idk what that patterns thing is

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oh ur user is conc

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yep that's all fine

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:22 AM

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yes, i didnt want to put my actual name down lol

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i figured id have to be asking about this quite a bit

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:22 AM

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then click "create"

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n let it work

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dont touch the pc til done

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:23 AM

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Alright. After this what should I do?

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:24 AM

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still hamlet sorry i started taking a new screenshot right as you said the entire window. I t...

your boot drive still looks like this presently?

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:25 AM

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this is it now (timeshift has finished)

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:26 AM

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k

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:26 AM

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still hamlet Alright. After this what should I do?

then follow the advice at the start of this post.

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:27 AM

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the stuff in the ext4 i'm not too concerned about losing. and just to be sure, make all the non fat32 space btrfs?

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:27 AM

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later on, adjust your timeshit prefs to not preserve any home stuff

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:27 AM

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or just follow the start exactly

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:28 AM

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and adjust the schedule. weekly is enough, retaing 2

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:28 AM

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alright

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:28 AM

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still hamlet the stuff in the ext4 i'm not too concerned about losing. and just to be sure, m...

no

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just resize the ext4. done

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:28 AM

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okay, thank you

tiny prairie Sep 28, 2025, 2:30 AM

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tiny prairie https://discord.com/channels/628978428019736619/1340832236630573187/134084969294...

final expected result.

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plus or minus 1 MB

still hamlet Sep 28, 2025, 2:32 AM

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I just realized I’ll have to download discord on this lol. It’ll take me an extra minute for me to grab the screenshot

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will this negatively affect the GRUB menu, or am i just gonna have to deal with it asking me which OS to boot into on startup?

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Looking good before I apply? @tiny prairie

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its set

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