How to install delete Windows and install Linux

[GrayTech]

Hello

I just made a Linux Mint USB device and bootet from it. Now I would like to format the drive with the windows installation which is installed in my PC and change it so it is only one partition. How do I do this?

Thanks for your help!

[DnFx91]

2 minutes ago, GrayTech said:

Hello

I just made a Linux Mint USB device and bootet from it. Now I would like to format the drive with the windows installation which is installed in my PC and change it so it is only one partition. How do I do this?

Thanks for your help!

you can run gparted from the live mint desktop you are currently booted into, use it to delete all partitions you wanna delete.

 

Even easier though, if you run the install setup, it will detect you windows install and ask if you want to delete it and reformat, or dual boot using GRUB

[OLS]

3 minutes ago, GrayTech said:

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When you get to the installation of Linux Mint you should get the option to change the partition, you could just in theory just delete all the partition if you're not gonna use Windows or any of the files anyways

[LUUD18]

Welcome to the linux club.

[FIXXX]

My 2 cents. Keep the windows partition for now, Linux is not as pink and fluffy as it seems. It will take dedication and determination to stick with it.

So you might wish not to burn the Windows bridge just yet. Speaking from repeated attempts to migrate to Linux.

My most recent annoyance - try creating a shortcut to a folder in linux, Jesus Christ.

 

If you're just doing a side-project and i'm totally off base - sorry

[GrayTech]

10 minutes ago, DnFx91 said:

you can run gparted from the live mint desktop you are currently booted into, use it to delete all partitions you wanna delete.

 

Even easier though, if you run the install setup, it will detect you windows install and ask if you want to delete it and reformat, or dual boot using GRUB

I just run the setup but I still have 2 partitions and I only want to have one.

[DnFx91]

2 minutes ago, GrayTech said:

I just run the setup but I still have 2 partitions and I only want to have one.

then you didn't read.

That, i cannot help you with.

 

Unless you wanted linux installed with only 1 partition, which was never going to happen anyway. Obviously theres always going to be a boot partition as well as your home partition.

[pipnina]

9 minutes ago, FIXXX said:

My 2 cents. Keep the windows partition for now, Linux is not as pink and fluffy as it seems. It will take dedication and determination to stick with it.

So you might wish not to burn the Windows bridge just yet. Speaking from repeated attempts to migrate to Linux.

My most recent annoyance - try creating a shortcut to a folder in linux, Jesus Christ.

 

If you're just doing a side-project and i'm totally off base - sorry

Well it's really easy... in the command line. "ln -s ~/Pictures ~/Desktop" will create a shortcut to pictures on your desktop.

 

As far as doing that in GUI goes... I'll give you that one...

[NinJake]

What are the 2 partitions exactly? Maybe one of them is for boot loader or uefi?

[FIXXX]

6 minutes ago, pipnina said:

Well it's really easy... in the command line. "ln -s ~/Pictures ~/Desktop" will create a shortcut to pictures on your desktop.

 

As far as doing that in GUI goes... I'll give you that one...

Yup, lots of stuff is easy in the command line  But i'm lazy and really like comfort ^^

[pipnina]

Just now, FIXXX said:

Yup, lots of stuff is easy in the command line  But i'm lazy and really like comfort ^^

I think I've gotten so used to the command line now (used only linux since February, had to SSH into servers etc) I think some things are just... easier in the command line for me now.

[GrayTech]

11 hours ago, FIXXX said:

Keep the windows partition for now

I basically had to delete this windows partition. But maybe I will reinstall Windows at some point.

11 hours ago, DnFx91 said:

then you didn't read.

My bad. I wanted to say that I don't want to have a Windows partition next to the Linux one. But thanks for your help, everything worked fine!

 

12 hours ago, LUUD18 said:

Welcome to the linux club.

Thanks!  I don't know how long I will use Linux as my main OS. Depends on how useable it is for me when I installed all the programms I need. I hope that all those programms will work on Linux. But I will keep this install, maybe I add Windows as a second OS.