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I currently have a dual boot between Windows and Linux but I'm thinking about removing Windows. Would I need to do anything to Grub in order to continue use Linux Mint? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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As a sort of follow up to the post I made on my alt account, would I need to do to anything to Grub to continue using Linux Mint after removing Windows or would I still be able to boot into Linux Mint without having to do anything? As stated in the previous post, Windows is installed onto an SSD and I want run games from that SSD but I'd need to reformat the SSD in order to use it.

Edit: I don't need help with this anymore but because it seems like there is some confusion, I'm including the fact that I have Linux installed onto an external hard drive and Windows was installed onto the SSD which is in the laptop. I've already remove Windows from the SSD and reformatted it to ext4 so I can run games from it.

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[–] 2 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

You can clone it with clonezilla, or with dd if you’re feeling particularly ballsy.

If your boot sectors are on the m.2 and you clone to it then you’ll overwrite them though, which is no bueno; and I’m not entirely sure how to fix that, but I’m sure there is a way.

EDIT: You can use grub-install to do it, from a live USB.

I’d make a full clone of your SSD to a third drive (external?) and then try adding boot sectors to your SSD, then set it as the boot device in your BIOS/UEFI. If it boots successfully, you’re good to clone it to the m.2. If not, restore that backup and do some googling! (Hell, I’d do it anyway just to verify my advice…)

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago

    If this is meant for the other user, you replied to the wrong comment.

    If you meant to respond to me, I don't need this. I've already removed Windows from the hard drive and I plan on using either Tiny10 or Tiny11 on this computer when I get a new computer to run Linux on in the future.

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