A safe way to remove Windows from dualboot(partition and grub)? [Solved]

[ryks]

Well ,finally i will get rid of stupid ,big ,ugly windows but i need to ask if is safe to run gparted with sudo and delete the partitions


quote from google

Once you have deleted the partitions you need to go into the EFI partition (mounting at /boot/efi) and delete the windows folder. Then do a sudo update-grub. Next time you boot it should boot directly into linux with no grub menu. You can then resize your / partition to use all the drive, you need to boot from your install stick and run gparted from that. You can't change a mounted partition and you can't unmount / booting normally. Make sure you have a backup first.

[ryks]

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System:
  Kernel: 6.7.12-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.7-18~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
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    root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: Compiz v: 0.8.18 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.5_ahs_x64 Libretto July 31  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
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Machine:
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Battery:
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CPU:
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Network:
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Sensors:
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Repos:
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Info:
  Processes: 329 Uptime: 21m wakeups: 1 Memory: 7.45 GiB used: 3.78 GiB (50.7%) Init: systemd
  v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 11/12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[j2mcgreg]

Your best bet would be:
1) create a snapshot of your current MX install and write it to your USB drive
2) Use User Installed Programs (UIP) on MX Tools to generate a text file of all the packages you have installed yourself then save it to an external location
3) back up your data to an external location + bookmarks + address books etc and the hidden .thunderbird folder
4) do a fresh install with the snapshot made in step #1 and then restore your data et al from the backup created in step #3
5) run UIP and feed it the text file created in step #2

[ryks]

Your best bet would be:
1) create a snapshot of your current MX install and write it to your USB drive
2) Use User Installed Programs (UIP) on MX Tools to generate a text file of all the packages you have installed yourself then save it to an external location
3) back up your data to an external location + bookmarks + address books etc and the hidden .thunderbird folder
4) do a fresh install with the snapshot made in step #1 and then restore your data et al from the backup created in step #3
5) run UIP and feed it the text file created in step #2

My only concern is to make a mistake and xxxxxxx up quickly ....I will digg for more options and of course ,backup data first ...

Ths j2mcgreg

[MXRobo]

Maybe try:
Still do j2mcgreg's steps 1,2, & 3, then wipe the window's partitions with Gparted, then maybe MX-Boot-Options > Manage UEFI Boot Options.
Use Gparted to not only wipe windows, but enlarge MX partitions.
Leave the ESP partition as is.
Don't know:

Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

and reason for strikeouts.

Maybe something similar with Legacy MBR in Gparted.

Gparted is fairly robust, and on the surface, it seems as though enlarging would be safer than shrinking - but maybe not.

[fehlix]

Maybe you have asked the question wrongly, I.E. without providing context.
Now you got some answers. And have confused yourself and also partly the helpful helper.
Simply this: The QSI provided by you and also the Gparted far to big screen dump, shows clearly Windows is installed on a msdos-partition table
where only one bootloader exists within the MBR section of the drive.
And Windows can only be installed and run with non-UEFI boot mode on a msdos-drive.
After you have installed MX Linux, the mbr-bootcode was replaced already by MX Linux GRUB installer.
So, simply reformat all Windows NTFS drives and no trace would be left from Windows on that drive.
Thats it.

[ryks]

Your best bet would be:
1) create a snapshot of your current MX install and write it to your USB drive
2) Use User Installed Programs (UIP) on MX Tools to generate a text file of all the packages you have installed yourself then save it to an external location
3) back up your data to an external location + bookmarks + address books etc and the hidden .thunderbird folder
4) do a fresh install with the snapshot made in step #1 and then restore your data et al from the backup created in step #3
5) run UIP and feed it the text file created in step #2

Fresh install again .I did make a backup with macrium reflect (entire hdd_),made a list with UIP.It took some time .Now i have only ext 4 .Uip list faild with half of my stuff so i will install them one by one .





So far so good .j2mcgreg was the right solution for me .Microsoft ,xxxxxxx off!

[fehlix]

Did you update the package list, e.g with sudo apt update, before running uip?

[ryks]

Did you update the package list, e.g with sudo apt update, before running uip?

In this scenario-no .Some of them are compiled by me with missing dependencies .Don t worries ,nothing is lost ,is more (the time lost -installing ) .Everithing is back again and running like it should .About update and upgrade ?Often .Thank you !