Windows 10: Wipe Ubuntu from my system and clean install Windows: Cannot find biggest partition.

Hi,I want to wipe my entire SSD and install Windows 10 on the 500gb SSD of my laptop.Currently I have Ubuntu Pop!OS on said system.However, when I try to install Windows by USB i get the following message:“Windows cannot be installed to this hard disk space. Windows must be installed to a partition formatted as NTFS. Windows cannot be installed to this hard disk space. This partition is of an unrecognized type. ”On various forums, they suggested to use the following commands:F10+shift -> DISKPART-> Hit Enter -> list volume->Next you will select the volume where you would like to

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Windows install wipe ubuntu

Quick question to you all, I was wondering, since i need to do a fresh install of windows on my device, will that wipe all the partitions on my drive including the partition that has ubuntu installed on?

 

Windows install wipe ubuntu

Hi m005eman,

I'm Paul, a fellow customer like you & a Windows 10 Independent Advisor.

If you delete the partition & reformat your hard drive upon fresh OS install, then yes it will wipe them all.

However, if you only reformat the partition with Windows OS & your Ubuntu is on a separate partition, then your Ubuntu should be alright. Unless if it's in a Virtual Machine or in a Container then that's a different story.

I hope this helps. Let me know if you have further questions. Thank you!

Sincerely,

Paul A.

Independent Advisor

 

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.