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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] 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Do not ask people how to do this. If you don't know from a web search, you shouldn't try this without backing up a full disk image and understanding how to roll it back. Or at least backing up everything you care about

It's not a particularly hard thing, but it's a very irreversible one

[–] [email protected] -4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I second this. If you have to ask an internet rando, then that means you're not ready.

I'm gatekeeping not for the sake of being an elitist, but because if you mess this up, you may not see the end of this.

There are already resources online. Some are even official by the distro you want to install. Maybe you should refer to that instead of this post.