hi there
I recently moved from win10 to mint, and in the processes i wanted to format all my storage-i have 2, 1 ssd which i made work and formatted, and 1 hdd that is the problem.
in a way to try and format i installed Gparted, but when i try to use it, the partition i want to format doesn't show any process that i could make, it's a ntfs system, and it has win10 files and was parted in win10
i wold like to a way to format it, without having to go to windows again
(Sorry for the spelling and grammatical errors, English isn't my first language)
can't format my second HD
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- grndplane
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Re: can't format my second HD
Try Gparted. Delete the offending partition and hit apply. Then add the new partition.
-grndplane (Mike)
Linux Mint 21.x 64-bit
Kernel: 6.X-liquorix-amd64
WM: LeftWM
Linux Mint 21.x 64-bit
Kernel: 6.X-liquorix-amd64
WM: LeftWM
Re: can't format my second HD
I suspect the partition you are trying to delete is mounted. You cannot change/delete a mounted partition. You need to un-mount it first. Right click on it and un-mount.
The partition highlighted is mounted, it tells you where it is mounted. Note - when you create new partitions with gparted it will tell you what will happen at the bottom of the window. Nothing happens until you edit > apply all changes.
I recommend you add labels to all your data partitions, e.g.
The partition highlighted is mounted, it tells you where it is mounted. Note - when you create new partitions with gparted it will tell you what will happen at the bottom of the window. Nothing happens until you edit > apply all changes.
I recommend you add labels to all your data partitions, e.g.
mylabel
. Mint will automount them at /media/you/mylabel
. If you don't add a label mint will automount using the UUID (a long number), not user friendly. Keep your labels short and avoid spaces.Thinkcentre M720Q - LM21.3 cinnamon, 4 x T430 - LM21.3 cinnamon, Homebrew desktop i5-8400+GTX1080 Cinnamon 19.0