- #Linux clean disk update
- #Linux clean disk windows 10
If you're never planning to use Windows again, you can skip the updating part - but you shouldn't.
#Linux clean disk update
The basic steps are: update clean up check for errors. One assuming you're not preparing to dual-boot, and a second stage if you are. Note, this stuff also applies to a brand-new copy of Window, not just an old, well-used installation.
You've got a slightly troublesome Windows installation and want to clean things up as a troubleshooting step. You're preparing your machine for installing Linux or another OS and want to shrink the Windows partition right down to make as much free space as possible. You dual-boot Windows with another OS, and want to keep it happy in less disk space than it might normally enjoy to itself. You run Windows in a VM under another OS and want to minimize the disk space and RAM it uses. You regularly, often or only run Windows and want to keep it performing well. Why would you want to do this? Well, there are various reasons. But if you don't configure it in Windows, Linux can't do it alone. I have personally seen this with a Dell Precision laptop and a USB-C docking station, for example: you could only configure triple-head in Windows, but once done, it worked fine in Linux too. Maybe you need Windows to wipe out config information. Maybe it needs initialising by Windows before it will work. Not sure if that new device works? Maybe it's a Linux problem. I have personally seen this with a Dell Precision 5810, for instance.įinally, it's very useful for hardware troubleshooting. Some of the necessary files are supplied by Windows and that saves you hard work. 
It can be tricky to get Linux to boot off an empty disk with UEFI, and sometimes, it's much easier to dual-boot with Windows. Disk space is cheap these days.Īlso, most modern PCs have a new type of firmware called UEFI. It's useful for things like updating your motherboard firmware, which is a necessary maintenance task - it's not a one-off. Miss these and you will encounter problems, such as Linux refusing to boot, or hanging on boot, or refusing to mount your Windows drive.It is worth keeping Windows around. There are some extra steps you need to do.
#Linux clean disk windows 10
This is a bit harder with Windows 10 than it was with any previous versions. I will avoid using any 3rd party proprietary tools everything you need is built-in. I keep getting asked about this in various places, so I thought it was high time I described how I do it.
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