Timeline for Windows partition not appearing when installing Linux Mint
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| Nov 21, 2014 at 0:56 | comment | added | mchid | @Nanor and as suggested, I would file a bug with Linux Mint to get that issue fixed. | |
| Nov 21, 2014 at 0:55 | comment | added | mchid | @Nanor if you install Mint first, just remember that Windows MUST be installed on a "primary" partition and not a logical or extended one. | |
| Nov 21, 2014 at 0:54 | comment | added | mchid | @Nanor If you are okay with re-installing windows you might want to try marking the entire partition as unused and then resizing it during installation. I had problems with W8 one time but has worked otherwise just MAKE A BACKUP and expect to fail. Alternatively it should be no problem to install mint and then Windows 10 except you would have to reinstall Grub after installing windows to regain control of the MBR. You can do that manually from a live disk if you know how or you can use boot-repair help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair and sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair-cd | |
| Nov 16, 2014 at 15:13 | comment | added | Nanor | I tried using gparted with an Ubuntu live iso. Ubuntu picked up the Windows install and also another partition I formatted as exFat with Windows disk manager. I converted the exFat partition to ext4 and booted up the Mint installer. It still shows the entire hard drive as 500.1gb of free space. Should I try using gparted again and format it something other than ext4 or is the whole Mint dream a bit hopeless at this stage? Alternatively, would I be able to wipe the whole HD and install Mint then try install Windows 10 on another partition? | |
| Nov 14, 2014 at 23:35 | comment | added | mchid | @Nanor I almost forgot. Make sure you have shut down properly from windows, you won't be able to edit the partitions properly if the disk has been suspended or is in hibernate!! | |
| Nov 14, 2014 at 23:32 | comment | added | mchid | @Nanor releases.ubuntu.com/14.10 | |
| Nov 14, 2014 at 23:31 | comment | added | mchid | @Nanor you might want to try using gparted from an Ubuntu 14.10 live iso. Windows 10 showed up on my disk during install so it's worth a shot, it linux, it gparted and it's familiar. If it's just a Mint bug, you could use the Ubuntu disk to format a couple of partitions to use for the Mint install. Choose something else from the installer menu in Mint and then install directly to your preformatted partition. | |
| Nov 14, 2014 at 23:24 | comment | added | mchid | @Nanor windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/… and this vid is a bit newer youtube.com/watch?v=VXn2CQkURgo | |
| Nov 14, 2014 at 15:44 | comment | added | Nanor | How would I set it up on Windows? Is there a program I should use? | |
| Nov 14, 2014 at 1:53 | comment | added | mchid | Have you tried checking things out with gparted before starting the installation? Either that or maybe you should try the partitioning in Windows before you start. | |
| Nov 14, 2014 at 0:30 | comment | added | Nanor | It shows the entire hard drive as un-allocated space. | |
| Nov 13, 2014 at 22:59 | history | edited | mchid | CC BY-SA 3.0 | deleted 1 character in body |
| Nov 13, 2014 at 22:53 | history | answered | mchid | CC BY-SA 3.0 |