Windows 10: Windows installed itself i think on my L: drive and won't let me delete the install

Discus and support Windows installed itself i think on my L: drive and won't let me delete the install in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Yesterday I installed two ssds into my system, one for windows and one for storing other things, i installed windows onto my c drive successfully and... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by theoj901, Aug 27, 2020.

  1. THEOJ901
    theoj901 Win User

    Windows installed itself i think on my L: drive and won't let me delete the install


    Yesterday I installed two ssds into my system, one for windows and one for storing other things, i installed windows onto my c drive successfully and symlinked a folder in my L: drive to a folder in my documents. everything was working well and the only folder on my L: drive was the one i had symlinked to my documents but when i powered my pc on today i find that windows has created an install on my L drive and I don't have the permissions to delete the install. Ive gave my user an admin every single security permission possible on that drive and it still will not let me delete anything.



    edit-windows has locked me out of all my other drives other than my c drive as of now.

    Windows installed itself i think on my L: drive and won't let me delete the install 4d62c60b-417b-46a1-acc4-29f52cc84a46?upload=true.png

    :)
     
    theoj901, Aug 27, 2020
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  2. ANUSHA
    Anusha Win User

    C windows installer folder - Delete?

    He can do symbolic link redirection and move the files in it to a different location. *Wink Windows installed itself i think on my L: drive and won't let me delete the install ;)
    Better try it out in a virtual of first. Just a suggestion.

    Like:
    First move everything in c:\windows\installer to d:\installercache
    Then delete c:\windows\installer folder
    Then type this in command mode as admin
    mklink /d c:\windows\installer d:\installercache

    Removing those installer files is a bad idea. it might prevent you from updating or uninstalling apps.
     
    Anusha, Aug 27, 2020
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  3. EXODUSPRIME1337
    exodusprime1337 Win User
    windows xp installation and dual core am

    could someone please list the steps they follow to install windows with a dual core processor and windows xp service pack to. I'm reletively new to amd dual core and i feel i'm missing a step. All help will be appreciated. thanx
     
    exodusprime1337, Aug 27, 2020
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  4. THEMAILMAN78
    TheMailMan78 Win User

    Windows installed itself i think on my L: drive and won't let me delete the install

    Can install Windows, can't install Linux

    Are you doing a clean install?

    Also if you are doing a clean install may I suggest this. Delete and format all partitions and let Ubuntu allocate the drive. You might have some MBR files left on the HD that is conflicting with Ubuntu booting.
     
    TheMailMan78, Aug 27, 2020
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