02-18-2023, 02:32 PM
tiam,
Sorry about your experience and I hope you can sort it out.
This is not something I've experienced, but apparently there are a number of conditions under which the installer can not report another OS. The most common seems to be if W10 isn't shutdown properly. If you search 'ubuntu installer doesn't detect windows 10' or similar you'll see a number of suggested/possible causes.
The current section in the Linux Lite help manual is already rightly cautious about what to do before installing as dual boot, but perhaps a note could be added about ensuring windows has been cleanly shutdown before running the installer.
Also, the manual has a very clear the warning about the Erase option
Then the installer itself will have shown a warning about 'Erase disk and install Linux' that makes it clear that everything on existing OS will be wiped.
Sorry about your experience and I hope you can sort it out.
This is not something I've experienced, but apparently there are a number of conditions under which the installer can not report another OS. The most common seems to be if W10 isn't shutdown properly. If you search 'ubuntu installer doesn't detect windows 10' or similar you'll see a number of suggested/possible causes.
The current section in the Linux Lite help manual is already rightly cautious about what to do before installing as dual boot, but perhaps a note could be added about ensuring windows has been cleanly shutdown before running the installer.
Quote:Create backup copies of any important data files. (You probably won't need them - but if you do, you'll be glad you made the backups.)
Create Windows recovery disk(s) if you haven't already done so before.
Defragment your largest Windows partition (likely the "C: drive"). If Windows partitions currently span the entire hard drive, one (or more) of its partitions will need to be shrunk down to make room for the Linux installation.
Shrink the Windows partition from within Windows disk management. (You can shrink the partition during the installation, but it is probably best to use Windows to shrink Windows partitions.)
If you defragmented and shrunk the Windows partition ahead of time, leave the resulting space as unpartitioned, unused, free space. DO NOT create any new partitions from within Windows for the Linux Lite installation. (If you are familiar with partitioning and want to create the partitions ahead of time, use GParted for doing that while booted in the live Linux Lite DVD/USB.)
If you plan to have the shrinking done by the installer, it is still recommended that you defragment the Windows partition ahead of time.
Also, the manual has a very clear the warning about the Erase option
Quote:Erase Disk and Install Linux
NOTE: This option will erase your entire hard drive. Make sure this is what you want to do before proceeding
Then the installer itself will have shown a warning about 'Erase disk and install Linux' that makes it clear that everything on existing OS will be wiped.
Quote:Warning: This will delete all your programs, documents, photos, music and any other files in all operating systems.
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