pop_os! drive formatting

Broken_Woodstock · February 7, 2022

I am currently running pop_os! because I was not able to get a working windows USB after I finished my first build. I now have a working USB and I would like to install windows. Linux just wont work for what I am trying to do and I don't really want to turn trying to play video games into a chore. I need to reformat my M.2 NVMe drive to NTFS to be able to do so as it is my "c drive" for Linux. I would be fine if the pop_os data is lost as long as I am able to reformat it. Would anybody know how I would go about doing so? I also have a 2 tb hard drive but I need to eventually get windows on the SSD.

If it helps here are the specs that I think would mean anything in this situation.

SSD: WD Blue SN 550 500 GB

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB

Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus B550 Elite Rev.1

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x

Thank you!

Broken_Woodstock · February 7, 2022

tikker · February 7, 2022

Since you're fine with wiping it, if I'm not mistaken Windows will allow you to format it during the installation process.

Also, I would unplug all other drives except the one you want to install Windows on. Sometimes it pulls funky stuff like putting the bootloader on a different drive.