I wanted to switch over from Windows 10 to Linux Mint but now I only have 8 GB in Mint and the rest of my 991 GB Volume is a separate drive I can't access it.
Apparently it belongs to root and I don't have permission to access it.
How can I transition Mint to access this vast memory or just switch back to Windows? (I deleted it in the process of switching over in Linux)
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- You're talking about disk space, not memory, right?
- Is your data backed up? If so you can always just reinstall.
- What makes you think that most of your desk space is not used by Mint? Root is a part of Mint after all.
- Maybe you just made some unfortunate partitioning choices. Can you tell us what exactly you did?
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i downloaded mint on a usb drive and changed my boot system to prioritize usbs. After mint successfully installed I clicked the Cd icon named Install Linux mint and selected the option to download third party apps and delete everything and replace with mint. My one terabyte drive says it belongs to root and i cannot do anything to it because i do not have permissions necessary
also i was trying to download windows 8.1 for fear i messed up but i ran out of space at first i thought it was on my usb but i guess my mint is its own drive with only 8 gigs
Can you please do the following:
- Boot from your USB drive again.
- Start up the program named GParted. It's pre-installed and you'll find it in the menu. Use it to get an overview of your harddisk.
- Make a screenshot by pressing PrtSc on your keyboard. If you're wondering where it went, you'll find it in Pictures.
- Upload the screenshot somewhere where we can see it. Imgur is a good option.
- Post the link here, for us to see.
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florus makes a good point. Is there data on that 1Gb drive that you cannot afford to lose? If not you could always try and re-install Linux again. If the drive shows up in Nemo you can log on as root and take ownership.
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