Need help getting back to Windows! Trying to remove Linux Mint

I believe the method I used last year is simplest.

Sven1458 said:

Here is a page from MS to get rid of linux
How to Remove Linux and Install Windows on Your Computer (microsoft.com)


Try that

Only thing is, the instructions mention a CD rom disk to reinstall, they didnt mention anything about a USB...

Insert either a bootable floppy disk or a bootable CD-ROM for the Windows operating system on your computer, and then press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to restart your computer.

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Matthew Wai said:

I believe the method I used last year is simplest.

I'm certainly looking for the simplest...what was the method? Thx

Matthew Wai said:

https://i.ibb.co/25f4cT4/IMG-20201226-065309390-1.jpg
One of your photos shows "Secure Boot ON". You have to turn it off.

Any idea on how to turn it off?

Probe said:

I'm certainly looking for the simplest...what was the method? Thx

See my post below:
Need help getting back to Windows! Trying to remove Linux Mint

Ghot said:

You can substitute DVD and USB stick, for floppy and CD Rom.

Okay, I'll try what they say now. Thx

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Matthew Wai said:

See my post below:
Need help getting back to Windows! Trying to remove Linux Mint

I'll check that out. Thx

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I tried using fdisk command to delete Linux and got this:

Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.34).
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.

fdisk: cannot open help: No such file or directory

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I will run those commands in a few, just wanted to show my Gparted screen to see what you think:



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I do apologize, I'm not sure what happened to the code I was to run in Terminal, if you could post that again.

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Matthew Wai said:

On Terminal, run the following command to show the hardware specifications:

inxi -Fxz

Run the following command to show the partitions:

sudo cfdisk

Will try this now Matt

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:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:
Kernel: 5.4.0-58-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 4.6.7 Distro: Linux Mint 20 Ulyana
base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 15-3567 v: N/A
serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 0J3PPW v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 2.9.0
date: 01/17/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 24.2 Wh condition: 24.2/41.4 Wh (58%)
model: SMP DELL VN3N047 status: Full
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse
charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: Discharging
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-7100U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Amber Lake rev: 9 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 19200
Speed: 600 MHz min/max: 400/2400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 600 2: 600
3: 600 4: 600
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
bus ID: 00:02.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.8
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Dell
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-58-generic
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Dell driver: ath9k v: kernel port: f040 bus ID: 01:00.0
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell
driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 02:00.0
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-3: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb bus ID: 1-8:7
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 27.61 GiB (3.0%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM035-1RK172 size: 931.51 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 915.40 GiB used: 27.60 GiB (3.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C mobo: 37.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:
Processes: 209 Uptime: 1h 28m Memory: 7.65 GiB used: 1.31 GiB (17.1%)
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17
inxi: 3.0.38

==========================================

Disk: /dev/sda
Size: 931.53 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Label: gpt, identifier: 554BAB12-93BA-445A-84ED-F72D9CD0735F

Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 1050623 1048576 512M EFI System
>> /dev/sda2 1050624 1953523711 1952473088 931G Linux filesystem

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Partition UUID: EBD4B911-D500-4280-BAEC-0ED9A7F63567 │
│ Partition type: Linux filesystem (0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4) │
│Filesystem UUID: 5e9e4bf0-d22b-41a6-ad26-8538dc079063 │
│ Filesystem: ext4 │
│ Mountpoint: / (mounted) │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
[ Delete ] [ Resize ] [ Quit ] [ Type ] [ Help ] [ Write ]
[ Dump ]

Quit program without writing changes

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Probe said:

I tried using fdisk command to delete Linux

Don't delete Linux until/unless you have (created) a bootable Windows USB device.

I am now using Linux Mint. The command mintstick -m iso will start USB Image Writer as shown below.