I have an old hdd drive with Windows 10. Am I able to dual boot Linux Mint without losing my data? | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

gilded remnant Oct 3, 2025, 5:33 PM

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Linux Mint Cinnamon. I have the latest Rufus installation and these are my settings. Using a 16gb Sandisk USB

inner lake Oct 3, 2025, 5:37 PM

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gilded remnant Linux Mint Cinnamon. I have the latest Rufus installation and these are my setti...

check your bios mode in Windows 10 first. run msinfo32

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make sure to boot the live usb up in that same bios mode

gilded remnant Oct 3, 2025, 5:38 PM

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it says UEFI

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Should i use Windows Disk Management to allocate space on the drive?

inner lake Oct 3, 2025, 5:38 PM

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u may

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otherwise mint gives a sizer to do it

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but u MUST get and use the "install alongside" option

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#1193345280733622272 message

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ensure that's done precisely as shown - post with hearts

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then scroll to very top , 2nd vid for demo

inner lake Oct 3, 2025, 9:10 PM

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gilded remnant Should i use Windows Disk Management to allocate space on the drive?

as an extra measure of safety, back up your most precious data. Use any form of media that wont be plugged into the computer during an OS installation - DVD-R, other USB stick, disconnected hard drive, online storage services.

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 12:47 AM

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its been here for over 3 hours

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it's a pretty old harddrive

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 12:49 AM

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gilded remnant

click on skip i guess

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an install to HDD, should take about 26 minutes

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 12:50 AM

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i can't. it's greyed out and shows a colorful pinwheel

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 12:50 AM

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even a 14 yrs old drive

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oh i know what musta happened then

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open the gparted app

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click the hdd in the top right, and then show the app

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 12:52 AM

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inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 12:53 AM

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alright well it did write about 10 n half gigs (a complete amount)

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do ctrl-alt-T

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then df -h

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does it mention a line about efivars?

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 12:53 AM

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yes

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 12:53 AM

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ok good, that means ur in uefi mode

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do xkill then click the installer after pressing enter

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 12:55 AM

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i did that. now it's closed

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 12:55 AM

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yep.

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do a reboot, no usb. take the stick out when it prompts to.

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you can use the start menu's icon for power to reboot

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 12:55 AM

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so i boot to my 2nd drive still which has windows and now mint i guess?

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 12:56 AM

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you'll test it. I predict it'll need boot repair. but do it anyway

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 12:56 AM

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alright. removing usb and gonna reboot. brb

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 12:56 AM

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remove it when it prompts u to, not beforehand

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or when u see the eventual cycling of power

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 12:56 AM

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yea i just reread that part. can i plug it back in?

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 12:57 AM

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sure bit late but ok

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 12:57 AM

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like i unplugged it already

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 12:57 AM

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the live system does not like when the live medium is removed before a full shutdown

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 12:58 AM

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So what should I do? 😬

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 12:58 AM

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press ctrl-alt-backspace

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if it takes u to a login manager screen, then click in the top, i think there's a power icon to reboot/shutdown there

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 12:59 AM

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inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:02 AM

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lesson learned. dont pull usb

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ok force reset

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by holding the power key for 6 seconds. and NO USB in

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:03 AM

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Which drive?

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Im in bios

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Or whatever the boot manager is called

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:07 AM

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does it show in boot priorites, a loader with name: ubuntu ?

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disable csm / legacy anyway if there.

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set boot mode to pure UEFI if not already

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:07 AM

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inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:08 AM

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ok shut it down

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that's more of a boot menu, not really BIOS

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:08 AM

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I went into bios and switched it to UEFI alone

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:08 AM

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put usb back in, and start the live system again (as UEFI, ofc)

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once booted to desktop, search boot repair in the start menu of Mint live.

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let it do the recommended repair.

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then safely reboot and test if it solves.

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:14 AM

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It says the partition is nearly full and can prevent it from starting. Then it's saying to use the file browser and delete unused files

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:16 AM

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what showed the message?

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The Boot Repair app?

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:17 AM

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Yes

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:18 AM

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this is how it was 10 minutes ago

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show it now.

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can just use a camera

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if u dont want to log in

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otherwise use the ALT+Printscr keys together

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:20 AM

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inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:21 AM

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the EFI partition is sda5, fyi

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and it's not too full. it's perfectly normal

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sda6 is your linux install's root

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close the boot repair tool

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and close gparted

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open terminal.

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sudo umount /dev/sda5 && sudo umount /dev/sda6

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sudo fsck /dev/sda5

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once done, sudo fsck /dev/sda6

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that should find/fix any size or filesystem errors.

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then run boot repair tool again

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:27 AM

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inner lake `sudo umount /dev/sda5 && sudo umount /dev/sda6`

This is one command string right? Then i do the sudo fsck then the last one

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:27 AM

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yes it's one string

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three lines, shown in the code highlights

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:29 AM

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Pasted the first one and it said /dev/sda5 is not mounted

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:30 AM

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go on

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:31 AM

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gilded remnant

anything with a key icon here, is mounted.

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:32 AM

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inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:33 AM

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ignore that

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:34 AM

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so press ok?

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:34 AM

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gilded remnant

dealing with sda not sdb here

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so u should know how many disks u have on the system

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:35 AM

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Yeah i gotta look into the file system to understand this better haha

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:35 AM

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search disks in the start menu

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see just what the dang hell sdb is

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click any device on the left, and see the titlebar

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:36 AM

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Boot repair successfully repaired

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:37 AM

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ayyye

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now jsut hang on

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do in terminal... lsblk -o name,type,model,label,size,fsused,fsavail,mountpoint and show

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all one line

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@gilded remnant

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:40 AM

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inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:42 AM

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you have a SATA SSD there. it's damn near full.

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actually, nvm .

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:42 AM

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That's my main drive

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:42 AM

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it's not mounted, so can't tell (columns are empty)

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anyway, try booting now. (do a full and safe SHUTDOWN)

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:43 AM

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Booting from the USB?

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:44 AM

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nope

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hit your boot menu key on restart

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u should see the ubuntu loader. start that

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should take about a minute n quarter to boot Mint from a HDD

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:45 AM

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Umm it's saying my ssd has ubuntu

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:46 AM

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dw.

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fire it up.

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:46 AM

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My files are still there?

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:46 AM

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u never said u had a SSD stuck in the system

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if u had, I'd have told u to take it out

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but doesnt matter. all it means is now the EFI of the SSD is starting the show for both OS's

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:47 AM

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gilded remnant My files are still there?

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inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:47 AM

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likely

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:47 AM

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I'm gonna boot windows first

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everything is still here

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super glad

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:51 AM

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now test the Mint

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u should get grub menu . just let it countdown n autostart

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does Mint install boot @gilded remnant ?

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 2:03 AM

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Gonna boot now

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Do i use the exit command

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 2:08 AM

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sure

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or type 'normal'

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one of the two

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if that doesnt work, shutdown the pc. take out the SSD. reinstall Linux Mint.

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and tag here for help cuz that sda is some funny ass shit.

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and it really only takes 26 minutes.

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@gilded remnant

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 2:10 AM

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Alright it just took me to the boot device menu again(Windows or Ubuntu). I'm tired and will try again tomorrow. Thanks for the help today. True Linux fanatic

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 10:46 AM

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im back. so remove ssd, leaving just the old hdd i have in it(it has windows). do i need the usb again with mint?

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 12:55 PM

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gilded remnant im back. so remove ssd, leaving just the old hdd i have in it(it has windows). d...

yes.

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I'd like to see the hard drive partitioning style

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You'll need to reinstall Linux btw

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:02 PM

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To the USB stick?

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:02 PM

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no to the hard drive

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:03 PM

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So how do I uninstall it?

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:03 PM

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do you even use Windows 10 from the hard drive?

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:03 PM

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No

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I just don't want to format the drive bc I want to keep the files

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:03 PM

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i'd recommend moving the stuff around a bit

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:04 PM

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To another drive?

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:04 PM

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no

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too many partitions on it

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:04 PM

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I created a partition on the HDD already

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:05 PM

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show the DISKS app for it in linux

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:05 PM

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I can't boot Linux anymore. It shows the grub menu

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:05 PM

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in the live desktop

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:05 PM

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inner lake in the live desktop

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gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:06 PM

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What's the live desktop?

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:10 PM

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when u boot the usb

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u reach the live thing

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aka 'boot live'

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:12 PM

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So remove my ssd now and then do that?

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:13 PM

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yes

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inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:16 PM

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normal

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that's the LIVE grub menu. (note the option for OEM Install) that's how you know

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:17 PM

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Got it. Do I start Linux mint?

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:17 PM

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also, why's your camera so out of focus

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yes boot

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:17 PM

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Shitty Android

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I'm in. Opening disks

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inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:21 PM

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click the play button

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then reshow

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:22 PM

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inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:23 PM

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click the one labelled "partition 2" then the play button. then click on the blue link

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what's in that?

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:24 PM

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inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:24 PM

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link

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inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:25 PM

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that's for partition 2 eh?

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:25 PM

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Yes

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:26 PM

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ok close file manager

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then click the stop button for those 2 u just mounted

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:26 PM

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Done

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:27 PM

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gilded remnant

delete partitions 2, 3, 4 as they're labelled there.

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select each, and use the red button

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:28 PM

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Done

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5 and 6 disappeared

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inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:28 PM

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good

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cose it

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run installer

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use "something else"opton

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:31 PM

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inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:32 PM

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clk free space first

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then click the + icon to make an EFI partition

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make it 100 MB and put the USE AS: field to 'efi sys. part'n

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then , back on the main chart, click the free space yet again, and + again

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to make the linux root

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USE as: ext4 journalling filesys. mountpoint: / format: yes

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lastly on main chart, at very bottom u'll need to change that dropdown to the new EFI partition u just made

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:36 PM

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Made the efi partition. I clicked the free space and + again.vdo I change the use as setting? It says ext4 journaling file system

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:37 PM

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inner lake USE as: ext4 journalling filesys. mountpoint: / format: yes

ensure exactly like this

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:37 PM

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I was going step by step and stopped reading lol

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:37 PM

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fix the mount point as i said twice

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wait

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wtf.

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:38 PM

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Clicked okay and now I'm waiting to be able to check the format box

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:38 PM

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ALL the f'n partitions must be primary

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:38 PM

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Oh it auto selected

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:38 PM

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NOT LOGICAL please

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click the change button n fix

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:39 PM

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So revert both efi and this one?

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:39 PM

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yes

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sample

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:43 PM

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Both are set to primary

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:43 PM

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ok fix the bootloader now

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the bottom field there

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:43 PM

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Sda2?

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Or 3

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:44 PM

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inner lake

giant red print

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sda2

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:44 PM

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Sda1? That's where my Windows files are isn't it

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:45 PM

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i said that's a sample!!

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it clearly says, mark it to where the EFI IS

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:45 PM

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Oh

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Silly me

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It'll install on 100mb?

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:46 PM

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the bootloader field. yes

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show final pic

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inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:47 PM

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good. click the install now button

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make sure to not use an overly-complex password cuz u need it often in linux.

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:48 PM

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inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:48 PM

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and remember it well/ write it

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:48 PM

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Press continue?

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:49 PM

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give it 25 minutes, and dont even breathe on the usb stick.

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:50 PM

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Encrypt home folder or no?

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Got it. I'll go play cards

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:50 PM

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absolute NO

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wait. open DIsks app

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once it starts the install process

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 1:51 PM

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I did

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:51 PM

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nvm

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Will report back

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 1:53 PM

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i was just puzzled why it showed sda2 there as ext4. but DISKS shows the truth now.

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 2:09 PM

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Super quick

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 2:09 PM

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ay that was quick

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about 20 min

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yes restart now

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make sure it boots to the real install

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u should get a welcome window

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 2:12 PM

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Signed in and I'm on the homescreen

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Now I see the welcome

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 2:12 PM

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ok. so the only messup now is likely to clean up the ubuntu junk it threw on the EFI of the Windows SSD

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i'd recommend do a full shutdown.

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reconnect the SSD.. boot LIVE with usb again.

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 2:34 PM

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@gilded remnant u there?

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 2:44 PM

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Doing it now

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Usb and ssd in

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inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 2:47 PM

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gilded remnant

yeah boot live

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then go to the Disks app

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click the Adata SSD, then the EFI partition on that same drive. then the play button , then the blue link. and show the resulting file manager

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 2:48 PM

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Which one is that on this list? SanDisk or

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 2:48 PM

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u dont already know?

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u booted live at least 2 times already

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 2:48 PM

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The HDD one?

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Or usb

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 2:48 PM

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no the USB

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 2:49 PM

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Starting Linux Mint

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inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 2:52 PM

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right click the EFI folder

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'open as root' and then show

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inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 2:53 PM

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highlight ubuntu and press Shift+Delete keys

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so it removes it

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 2:54 PM

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Done /deleted

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 2:54 PM

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now, reboot out of the live system. go into BIOS : access the boot priorities screen

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adjust the boot order so that the Ubuntu (capital U) from WDC drive is at very top

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then save n exit the BIOS setup page

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 2:55 PM

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Yep it's already there

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 2:56 PM

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ok try it out n then gotta adjust grub so it will include the Windows loader

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boot Mint from the WD drive, and tag me once at desktop

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 2:58 PM

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I signed in on Linux and I'm not seeing any grub stuff

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Still loading tho

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Welcome screen again

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From the hdd

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 3:01 PM

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ok.

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do df -h at terminal

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confirm it shows the efivars mention

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 3:01 PM

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It does

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 3:02 PM

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do lsblk -f maximized terminal

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ensure it lists all drives

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 3:03 PM

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I see SDA and 1-3 then SDB with 1-4

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 3:03 PM

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lsblk -o name,model,fstype,mountpoint

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show .

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 3:04 PM

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Alright yeah it shows both drives

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 3:04 PM

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ok so now, do sudo xed /etc/default/grub

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 3:05 PM

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My dumbass put show as part of the command at first lol

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 3:05 PM

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maximize the editor

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putt the timeout to =10 (or longer if you wish more seconds)

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and timeout_style to =menu

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then save the file n exit the editor.

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then sudo update-grub and watch it carefully the terminal

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 3:07 PM

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Generating grub config

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 3:07 PM

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did it say found windows?

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 3:07 PM

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Yes

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Done

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 3:08 PM

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good. if it's done, sudo reboot

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 3:09 PM

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Launch mint or Windows

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Im in the gnu grub menu

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 3:10 PM

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whichever

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 3:10 PM

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Cool that it auto loads me here instead of me having to load pressing my keyboard

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I'll test Windows first i guess

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 3:10 PM

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gilded remnant

this diagram

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it's because GRUB , which lives on partition 2 here, of Western Digital drive is being used to launch either OS on the system

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 3:11 PM

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Hell yeah that's convenient. Thanks a bunch man

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Also I realized a bit ago of your wwe username

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 3:12 PM

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u may want to show result of efibootmgr

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yes it is = )

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 3:12 PM

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How do I do the efibootmgr part

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 3:12 PM

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from linux terminal

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also keep your Rufus USB physically labelled and stored in a safe common place. it's your best rescue drive in case of any boot issues

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u can still add files to its data partition if need as common storage

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 3:15 PM

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Will do. I'll just keep it in my closet

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 3:15 PM

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put it on a keychain/ necklace/ shoelace

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show efibootmgr

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 3:15 PM

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Booting mint to do that now

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 3:15 PM

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u probably still have the old lowercase ubuntu listing

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 3:19 PM

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I don't see a lowercase Ubuntu just upper

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 3:19 PM

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oh.. in that case, nevermind then

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the uppercase one should be indicating a HD-0 ; DOS- 2 disk

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since your HDD is in MBR/DOS partitioning style, and partion 2 of it is the loader

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 3:21 PM

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Is showing my user bad?

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 3:21 PM

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just never mind does it yes or no?

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 3:22 PM

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Hd(2,mbr

inner lake Oct 4, 2025, 3:22 PM

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there u go. done.

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follow that and use our #1295728709306683482 for lot of noob how-to's and getting familiar

gilded remnant Oct 4, 2025, 3:23 PM

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Hell yeah. Much appreciated. Your time and patience was of great value. 🙏

#I have an old hdd drive with Windows 10. Am I able to dual boot Linux Mint without losing my data?