Help?

[FarikoAli3n]

So i just started downloading kali and after a few usb falis and not finding my cd rom ( so had to put in code to change my usb to cd rom.,) i got into the linux setup but have this problem after my 2 hour adventure and i am stuck.. 

help me maybe?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Its unusable as mbr is limited to 4 partitions(extended partitions are a thing though)

 

Id delete your d drive and that 450mb recovery partition, then expand your c drive. 

[FarikoAli3n]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Its unusable as mbr is limited to 4 partitions(extended partitions are a thing though)

 

Id delete your d drive and that 450mb recovery partition, then expand your c drive. 

Kinda cant delete that 450mb partition just says help! when i right click

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, FarikoAli3n said:

Kinda cant delete that 450mb partition just says help! when i right click

diskpart is your friend. The diskmgmt.msc gui is crap.

[FarikoAli3n]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

diskpart is your friend. The diskmgmt.msc gui is crap.

okay can you help me do that? without me losing my files.. ?

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, FarikoAli3n said:

okay can you help me do that? without me losing my files.. ?

 

You have a backup. Good Movingon

 

Boot into kali

 

Open your favoritr partition editor and delete that partition and the D partition. Then Expand your C partition in windows and then go in kali and install.

 

 

You could just run kali in a vm. Hyper-V is included with windows.

[FarikoAli3n]

5 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

You have a backup. Good Movingon

 

Boot into kali

 

Open your favoritr partition editor and delete that partition and the D partition. Then Expand your C partition in windows and then go in kali and install.

 

 

You could just run kali in a vm. Hyper-V is included with windows.

So jsut straight up delete that d folder? and im not sure i have a backup 

[Electronics Wizardy]

27 minutes ago, FarikoAli3n said:

So jsut straight up delete that d folder? and im not sure i have a backup 

You need a backup.

 

Id just make a vm then

 

Why do you have a D partition?

[FarikoAli3n]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

You need a backup.

 

Id just make a vm then

 

Why do you have a D partition?

yeah dont know this is how i got it (wasnt mine i scraped my pc from parts i found around friends and familiy i jsut bought the 770 2 years ago) what vm should i use? ubuntu? 

 

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

35 minutes ago, FarikoAli3n said:

yeah dont know this is how i got it (wasnt mine i scraped my pc from parts i found around friends and familiy i jsut bought the 770 2 years ago) what vm should i use? ubuntu? 

 

VirtualBox from Oracle is a popular VM or you can use hyperV.

Do you need windows on this drive? what version of windows is it?

Why do you have four partitions? do you need all those four partitions?

Why are you asking about ubuntu; do you want kali or ubuntu?

I use Kali as a live CD to try out software and if i like it I install it in my debian/ubuntu machine. IMO their repos are always down which makes it inappropriate to use as a daily system

[/dev/God/Haruhi]

Another option could be to use Macrium Reflect to image that recovery partition, then use GParted from any Linux Live USB to remove the partition and make a logical volume, so you can recreate that partition inside the logical volume. Then you restore from Macrium Reflect that partition and that should do the trick. Convoluted, but when you don't have logical partitions, is not like you have options. Oh, and before making the logical partition, move with GParted the data partition, so the logical partition is a big empty contiguous space. DISCLAIMER: Changing partitions can lead to data loss, so make sure to have backups. No one is responsible but you if there is data loss. What I can say is that, from experience, rarely does give any problems.

[FarikoAli3n]

22 hours ago, /dev/God/Haruhi said:

Another option could be to use Macrium Reflect to image that recovery partition, then use GParted from any Linux Live USB to remove the partition and make a logical volume, so you can recreate that partition inside the logical volume. Then you restore from Macrium Reflect that partition and that should do the trick. Convoluted, but when you don't have logical partitions, is not like you have options. Oh, and before making the logical partition, move with GParted the data partition, so the logical partition is a big empty contiguous space. DISCLAIMER: Changing partitions can lead to data loss, so make sure to have backups. No one is responsible but you if there is data loss. What I can say is that, from experience, rarely does give any problems.

Well I deleted the 450mb partition now i got pased that part of my install but i got stuck because i cant install grub any help?

[/dev/God/Haruhi]

Hard to give help without info, what error does it give? How do have your partitions after removing the 450mb one? Where are you installing GRUB? In /dev/sda or /dev/sdaX?