how to delete ubuntu

[Mando772004]

my friend is using windows on his hdd because the ssd is occupied by ubuntu and we cant delete it whatsoever any help?

[tikker]

If there's nothing important on the SSD just format it?

[Mando772004]

Just now, tikker said:

If there's nothing important on the SSD just format it?

ok how do i format it thats my question actually. its not detected in windows as a volume its just detected in disk management and we cant even do anything to it

[tikker]

Just now, InfernalClaw said:

ok how do i format it thats my question actually. its not detected in windows as a volume its just detected in disk management and we cant even do anything to it

If it shows up in Disk Management you should be able to right click > format.

[Mando772004]

Just now, tikker said:

If it shows up in Disk Management you should be able to right click > format.

nop the only option available is help

[tikker]

1 minute ago, InfernalClaw said:

nop the only option available is help

Can you show a screenshot?

[Somerandomtechyboi]

Just open cmd as administrator, type diskpart, type list disk and it should show the ssd, if it does show the ssd

 

Select disk (whichever one is the ssd)

Clean

Create partition primary

Select partition 1

Active? (Unsure if this is needed im basing off a bootable usb tutorial)

Format fs=ntfs quick

 

And your ssd should be detected by windows now

[Mando772004]

2 minutes ago, tikker said:

Can you show a screenshot?

[Mando772004]

1 minute ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Just open cmd as administrator, type diskpart, type list disk and it should show the ssd, if it does show the ssd

 

Select disk (whichever one is the ssd)

Clean

Create partition primary

Select partition 1

Active? (Unsure if this is needed im basing off a bootable usb tutorial)

Format fs=ntfs quick

 

And your ssd should be detected by windows now

[tikker]

3 minutes ago, InfernalClaw said:

I think you have to do Delete Volume first. BUT since it mentions the EFI system partition is on that SSD, I would first check if Windows still boots if you unplug the SSD.

2 minutes ago, InfernalClaw said:

Well that answers my previous comment. If you completely format that drive you won't be able to boot Windows as the bootloader is on the SSD.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

4 minutes ago, InfernalClaw said:

Stupid windows restrictions

 

Then just give in and switch to linux, itll be better for ppl that only do basic tasks and no gaming cause it will basically update forever and will not have the telemetry and bloat of w10 and there arent many viruses that can infect linux so safer from viruses too

 

If you dont wanna give in then maybe just go into ubuntu and go into the terminal and format the ssd that way xD, cause for all i know linux doesnt have all the bs restrictions windows has so itll prob do it without confirmation or a bs error.

[Mando772004]

1 minute ago, tikker said:

I think you have to do Delete Volume first. BUT since it mentions the EFI system partition is on that SSD, I would first check if Windows still boots if you unplug the SSD.

my friend doesnt want to mess around and disassemble the laptop soo id avoid that option. for the delete volume option i dont exactly know what will it do so if it is possible you can explain to me before we do it. i dont wanna risk doing anything to his laptop that could be detrimental 

[tikker]

8 minutes ago, InfernalClaw said:

my friend doesnt want to mess around and disassemble the laptop soo id avoid that option. for the delete volume option i dont exactly know what will it do so if it is possible you can explain to me before we do it. i dont wanna risk doing anything to his laptop that could be detrimental 

Well it will delete the volume that's on the drive, converting it to raw unused space and will allow you to format that partition.

 

What are you after? Do you want to move the OS to that drive or just use the SSD as storage? If it's just for storage, "Delete Volume"-ing the 232 GB partition and formatting it afterwards should be fine, just don't touch the EFI one as you'll break your installation.

 

Oh and as always make a backup of important stuff before messing with drives and formatting, do at your own risk yada yada.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 minute ago, InfernalClaw said:

my friend doesnt want to mess around and disassemble the laptop soo id avoid that option. for the delete volume option i dont exactly know what will it do so if it is possible you can explain to me before we do it. i dont wanna risk doing anything to his laptop that could be detrimental

Itll be more detrimental if you cant even fking boot windows and recover your data

 

Wanna be scared to damage your laptop or 4 real lose your data or go through the hassle of reinstalling windows?

 

Like come on, i know its abit "scary" to dissasemble a laptop but is it really worth being scared and having your data be lost?

[resolve_beta]

20 minutes ago, InfernalClaw said:

my friend is using windows on his hdd because the ssd is occupied by ubuntu and we cant delete it whatsoever any help?

throw it on the wall a couple times it should work

[tikker]

9 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Then just give in and switch to linux, itll be better for ppl that only do basic tasks and no gaming cause it will basically update forever and will not have the telemetry and bloat of w10

This is nonsense.

9 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

If you dont wanna give in then maybe just go into ubuntu and go into the terminal and format the ssd that way xD, cause for all i know linux doesnt have all the bs restrictions windows has so itll prob do it without confirmation or a bs error

These restrictions are there for a reason. Doing what you say will break his installation because the EFI partition is on the SSD...

[Mando772004]

2 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Itll be more detrimental if you cant even fking boot windows and recover your data

 

Wanna be scared to damage your laptop or 4 real lose your data or go through the hassle of reinstalling windows?

 

Like come on, i know its abit "scary" to dissasemble a laptop but is it really worth being scared and having your data be lost?

ask him not me he is toooo protective and afraid

[Mando772004]

1 minute ago, resolve_beta said:

throw it on the wall a couple times it should work

very funny

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 minute ago, InfernalClaw said:

ask him not me he is toooo protective and afraid

Sorry but you are gonna lose your data here, welp we cant do anything about this if hes that protective, srry no help to be offered here

[Mando772004]

Just now, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Sorry but you are gonna lose your data here, welp we cant do anything about this if hes that protective, srry no help to be offered here

firstly, this laptop is new it practically has no data on the sdd yet we're just trying to install the windows on the ssd. secondly the delete volume thing worked thanks to @tikker

[tikker]

6 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Sorry but you are gonna lose your data here, welp we cant do anything about this if hes that protective, srry no help to be offered here

Just stop it with this aggressive bullshit. Data loss is not immenent nor the only option here. We don't even know yet what the goal is. If the OS needs to be moved to the SSD then yes it'll be more difficult, but if they just want to reclaim the Ubuntu partition and use it for storage this can safely be done without data loss.

3 minutes ago, InfernalClaw said:

firstly, this laptop is new it practically has no data on the sdd yet we're just trying to install the windows on the ssd. secondly the delete volume thing worked thanks to @tikker

Good to hear! This is something that can happen with Windows. I don't know exactly why it sometimes moves the bootloader to another drive, but this is why it's recommended to unplug all drives except the OS one when installing Windows. Of course this isn't necessarily an option if you just buy a laptop.