I made a partition and installed linux on the wrong drive

[KSores]

i accidentally made a partition and installed Linux on my games drive instead of my os drive how hard is it to delete the linux partition and put it back to just windows so i can then put it on my c drive

 

 

[KarathKasun]

Simple.  Windows disk management, delete the partition, make a new one.

 

Also, if you wiped your games drive, any data there is gone.

[KSores]

3 minutes ago, KarathKasun said:

Simple.  Windows disk management, delete the partition, make a new one.

 

Also, if you wiped your games drive, any data there is gone.

i didn't wipe it and i want to be able to keep the data

[KarathKasun]

Just now, KyleandThings said:

i didn't wipe it and i want to be able to keep the data

If you installed Linux on that drive, the data is gone.

[KSores]

1 minute ago, KarathKasun said:

If you installed Linux on that drive, the data is gone.

i installed linux on a partition that i made on the drive

[KarathKasun]

Just now, KyleandThings said:

i installed linux on a partition that i made on the drive

Did the drive have free space for a partition before you went to install Linux?  If not, you nuked the data.

[SuperCloneRanger]

right click on the start and select disk management. right click on the partition you created and select delete volume, then right click on your games drive and select extend volume. in the window that appears select all the available memory and hit ok, your games drive should now be using all the available memory on the hard drive.

 

EDIT: like @KarathKasun says this will only work if you did not nuke the drive when installing linux and instead created a new partition

[KSores]

1 minute ago, KarathKasun said:

Did the drive have free space for a partition before you went to install Linux?  If not, you nuked the data.

it did, the data is fine, i just want to undo my linux install so i can put it on the drive i meant to put it on

[KarathKasun]

Then @SuperCloneRanger has you covered.

[KSores]

1 minute ago, KarathKasun said:

Then @SuperCloneRanger has you covered.

awesome, thanks

[KarathKasun]

Are you going to dual boot or just replace Windows?

[KSores]

Just now, KarathKasun said:

Are you going to dual boot or just replace Windows?

dual boot

[KSores]

Just now, KarathKasun said:

Are you going to dual boot or just replace Windows?

also i may have broken it 

[KarathKasun]

Delete the EFI partition too.  That is the boot-loader/kernel area for Linux.

[KSores]

9 minutes ago, SuperCloneRanger said:

right click on the start and select disk management. right click on the partition you created and select delete volume, then right click on your games drive and select extend volume. in the window that appears select all the available memory and hit ok, your games drive should now be using all the available memory on the hard drive.

 

EDIT: like @KarathKasun says this will only work if you did not nuke the drive when installing linux and instead created a new partition

i get this error 

 

[KSores]

1 minute ago, KarathKasun said:

Delete the EFI partition too.  That is the boot-loader/kernel area for Linux.

when i right click there is no delete option

 

[SuperCloneRanger]

Just now, KyleandThings said:

i get this error 

 

at what part?

[KarathKasun]

Just now, KyleandThings said:

when i right click there is no delete option

 

You will need to use the diskpart command from a command line (CMD or powershell)

[KSores]

1 minute ago, SuperCloneRanger said:

at what part?

https://gyazo.com/b435cf15b20947ef416a04fc04d2d39c

 

[KSores]

1 minute ago, KarathKasun said:

You will need to use the diskpart command from a command line (CMD or powershell)

like commandprompt in windows?

[KarathKasun]

2 minutes ago, KyleandThings said:

like commandprompt in windows?

Yes.

 

If you need to, Google a guide for using diskpart.

[KSores]

Just now, KarathKasun said:

Yes.

 

If you need to, Google a guide for using diskpart.

ok, thanks

[KarathKasun]

3 minutes ago, KyleandThings said:

ok, thanks

Sorry for the "just Google it", but Diskpart usage can be quite complex and would probably be best learned from a website with a full tutorial with images and explanations.

[SuperCloneRanger]

10 minutes ago, KarathKasun said:

Delete the EFI partition too.  That is the boot-loader/kernel area for Linux.

like @KarathKasun says delete the EFI partition, this should then let you extend the drive. make sure you only delete the partition you need to there are no safety nets in diskpart, if your unsure i would maybe try to find some partition manager software that will let you do the same in a GUI rather than command line.

[KSores]

4 minutes ago, KarathKasun said:

Sorry for the "just Google it", but Diskpart usage can be quite complex and would probably be best learned from a website with a full tutorial with images and explanations.

would it be easier to just format it and reinstall the games? all thats on there is game launchers and games, and my download speed is 300