Would like to switch from Kali linux to a simpler operating system. I got the laptop as a present at the time, there was Kali Linux on it, but I don't know whether there was Kali Linux on it from the beginning (the user in front of me) or first Windows and then Kali Linux?
What is the name of the model? 99% was the first to have a Windows.
What is your problem with potash?
Try Linuxmint Debian Edition.
Only OSX is even easier, but you would have to get a Mac for that.
As far as I know, it is not easy to get that out. Why do you want to know that at all? If you want to install a Windows stop it doesn't matter what was on it before.
What's your problem with potash?
Kali is definitely not for beginners and not for everyday use.
Alright. You know that before you install it. How to get on the thin board to take potash of all things is a completely different question. I wanted to know where the problem was.
He said he got it that way.
Back then. After all, he didn't immediately free it from potash. So it went well for a while.
No matter whether it worked for a while, he shouldn't use Kali.
Try to find out whether one of the partitions has a FAT or NTFS file system.
What is the point of the question?
Have you ever thought of MS-DOS?
It doesn't matter what was on it before… If a (Linux) was previously installed, you can't install Windows… To do this, you have to format your hard disk in NTFS format… But that's what he gets told during the installation.
The probability that Windows was on it is quite high. But it couldn't have been an operating system, but maybe GNU / Linux.
I would definitely advise you to use a normal Linux distribution like Ubuntu or Linux Mint.
Windows does this automatically.
If there's a Windows sticker on it, Windows was on it beforehand. If not, you don't know.
Just put Ubuntu on it, it should work fine.
