[Solved] Permanently migrate to Mint from Windows on dual boot
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[Solved] Permanently migrate to Mint from Windows on dual boot
It's been a week since I have install Mint alongside Windows 10 (dual boot). I have been really happy with how mint works and my system is really liking it. I would like to know how to transfer all my files and get rid of the Windows partition completely. Would really appreciate someone's help.
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Re: Permanently migrate to Mint from Windows on dual boot
Please give us some information about your computer.
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If you could, a snapshot of the disk from Gparted would be great!
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Re: Permanently migrate to Mint from Windows on dual boot
you can either copy the Files on the Windows System, to an usb HDD,
or even copy those Files to your LinuxMint Home directory ..
or even to Both.
once you've done that, you then can decide what to do with the Windows partition:
- Format that partition,
- Delete that partition,
or even copy those Files to your LinuxMint Home directory ..
or even to Both.
once you've done that, you then can decide what to do with the Windows partition:
- Format that partition,
- Delete that partition,
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Re: Permanently migrate to Mint from Windows on dual boot
IMHO, a week is much too soon to be certain Linux will work for you. Do you have a pressing need for the disk space? If not, leave Windows where it is for at least a few months (even a year). Then, have a plan for what you're going to do with the space before kicking Windows out of the house.
Re: Permanently migrate to Mint from Windows on dual boot
JerryF wrote: ⤴Mon Apr 12, 2021 6:57 pm Please give us some information about your computer.
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inxi -Fxz
If you could, a snapshot of the disk from Gparted would be great!Code: Select all
sudo parted -l
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, thenPaste
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System:
Kernel: 5.4.0-70-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa
base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 15-bs1xx
v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <filter>
Mobo: HP model: 832A v: 23.38 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: F.22
date: 07/24/2017
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 18.0 Wh condition: 18.0/41.6 Wh (43%)
model: Hewlett-Packard PABAS0241231 status: Full
CPU:
Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-8250U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Kaby Lake rev: A L2 cache: 6144 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 28800
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 400/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800
3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915
v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 3840x2160~30Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-70-generic
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 01:00.0
IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 31.74 GiB (3.4%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10JPVX-60JC3T1
size: 931.51 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 347.38 GiB used: 31.67 GiB (9.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 261 Uptime: 4m Memory: 7.69 GiB used: 1.28 GiB (16.6%)
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17
inxi: 3.0.38
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Model: ATA WDC WD10JPVX-60J (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 274MB 273MB fat32 EFI system partition boot, esp
2 274MB 290MB 16.8MB Microsoft reserved partition msftres
3 290MB 603GB 603GB ntfs Basic data partition msftdata
6 603GB 983GB 380GB ext4
4 983GB 984GB 1028MB ntfs Basic data partition hidden, diag
5 984GB 1000GB 15.8GB ntfs Basic data partition hidden, msftdata
Re: Permanently migrate to Mint from Windows on dual boot
Yes, my laptop HDD is 1 TB and my PS4 HDD is 500GB. I don't need so much disk space on my laptop and my PS4 disk is almost full. So I am planning to swap the HDDs with each other.linux-rox wrote: ⤴Mon Apr 12, 2021 11:58 pmIMHO, a week is much too soon to be certain Linux will work for you. Do you have a pressing need for the disk space? If not, leave Windows where it is for at least a few months (even a year). Then, have a plan for what you're going to do with the space before kicking Windows out of the house.
Re: Permanently migrate to Mint from Windows on dual boot
Since you're planning to swap the disks, I'd backup the important data from the Windows partition, clean out the 1 TB so it's usable for the PS4, then reinstall Linux on the swapped 500 GB.
Re: Permanently migrate to Mint from Windows on dual boot
Same advice. At a minimum, I recommend you make an image backup of the Windows system, so you can restore it if you decide Linux isn't working out after all. If you don't have a favorite image backup app handy, the tool in Control Panel > Backup & Restore > System Image is very good. No compression but image size is equal to used space only. Notice you need a Recovery USB Drive or System Repair Disk to restore. Better still, IMHO, would be to restore the image to the 500 GB drive now, so you're again dual booting while learning Linux, but that's your choice.