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How can I delete the Windows 11 operating system from my laptop, which has a dual boot system? (feddit.org)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey guys, I've been using Linux Mint and Windows 11 via a dual boot setup on two laptops for a while.

I hardly ever use Windows 11, except on my work laptop, so I want to delete it from my personal laptop.

How can I do this? What is the safest and easiest way, and what should I bear in mind?

Thank you in advance for your answers, and have a sunny day!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Step 1: make a backup / clone the disk

Step 2: double check the backup

Step 3: Assuming you've got a grub bootloader, boot into Linux Mint, use GParted or Gnome-Disk-Utility

Step 4: Identify your NTFS Windows 11 partition, the utility should show if it is mounted or not (it should not be mounted unless you added it to /etc/fstab

Step 5: resize your Linux mint partition (ext4fs), & make sure you don't accidentally move the partition

Step 6: sudo update-grub to remove the entries for Windows 11 since it doesn't exist anymore

More info on if you've got an HDD vs SSD, MBR vs GPT partitioning, or a screenshot of your partition table from either of the disk utilities in step 3 would help us help you

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This misses the step where you delete the windows partition - between steps 4 and 5. You have to delete the NTFS partition and resize your linux partition to fill the empty space.

You can also create a new linux partition if you wanted as a separate space to store stuff.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

Good spot & thank you for the correction!