I have a dual boot Win 10/Debian setup on my laptop. I have not touched the Windows boot in months. There is nothing on there that needs saving.

How can I ditch the Windows partition and make it available as free space in Debian without damaging my Linux setup?

  • swab148@lemm.ee
    48·
    5 days ago

    Gparted, you can delete the Windows partition and resize the Linux one to fill the space.

    This should go without saying, but I’ll say it anyways: backup any important data beforehand, just in case.

    • hperrin@lemmy.world
      13·
      5 days ago

      Preferably image the whole disk to some file on another disk so you can unfuck anything that gets fucked.

      • flashgnash@lemm.ee
        11·
        5 days ago

        This only works for people who have disks lying around big enough to backup their entire primary disk

    • 1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee
      8·
      5 days ago

      And make sure you save any important data on the Linux partitions, don’t just assume that /home or /sys will be there after the resize.

    • Mwa@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      And your partition must on the right (I think?) To merge to the main disk.