I have again created a partition on my hard drive to use Linux next to Windows.
I've been doing that for a while. However, I have no idea how to remove Linux again without harming my laptop. The last time I installed the remaining free space in my original Windows partition, but this led to a Windows error that was very difficult to fix.
Can someone help me?
Just delete the partition again.
But I got an error message last time
Format the Linux partition on your hard drive and delete the volume. You have to do this on the Windows operating system.
Then dubder system disk (usually C: \) can add the memory or display a new "virtual" hard disk.
It is best to use a live Linux USB stick and edit the partitions with the GPartet tool. Pay special attention to the bootloader.
You can then assign the unused storage space to your system under Windows.
This will destroy the boot loader. Windows is so primitive that no other operating system can be booted with it. Linux has to do that. If it is gone, Windows can no longer be booted.
Somehow a crazy idea!
What is "volume" for you? About the Linux partition? If so, why does it have to be formatted beforehand in order to remove it from the partition table immediately afterwards?
Also, I'm not sure if Windows includes tools that can put partitions together without destroying the system.
If you don't understand it, haven't tried it yourself, you shouldn't answer either.
I simply deleted the partition back then. Problem deleted.
And then reinstalled Windows?
No, everything went. Had the partition on an external HDD
I'm not entirely sure. But maybe we mean the same thing. Can you look at the picture third?
I got such a green error last time. Can you look at the picture please? Linux is also installed on the same hard drive as Windows.
This is a message from grub, the boot loader that was set up when he installed Linux. This boot loader can also boot Windows.
The problem is that where there's space on a hard disk (still comes from times when 40MByte disks were huge), it is too small. This only changes in the next generation with EFI and GPT (generic partition table).
Linux previously chose a way to solve this.
grub was broken down into 2 parts. The first in the reserved area of a hard disk, the second within a "Linux partition". However, both parts are required to boot an operating system. It doesn't matter whether it's Windows or Linux.
If the Linux partition is now formatted or removed, only the first part is left and that is exactly what your picture shows.
One way out is to restore the Microsoft boot loader. (I haven't done it yet because I don't use Windows, I disposed of it around 2000).
Search for instructions, also here at Girlfriend.
If you succeeded, you can also format the partitions intended for Linux with Windows.
You have selected the operating system for booting in the BIOS / EFI. This is something completely different!
