Installing Windows 10


  1. Ace96
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    PopOS
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    Installing Windows 10


    Hey so I feel like an idiot and really screwed things up. Long story short I’m trying to reinstall windows on my pc witch currently is running Linux (popOS to be specific). I was able to download the windows 10 media creation tool, and get a bootable installer for windows 10. I then modified a Disk partition So it could run and install windows files. I was at the windows install menu and it said it had to restart to finish installing, I restart my pc and now all it says is “BusyBox v1.30.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.1) built-in shell (ash)”. I can’t access the boot menu and I have no idea what to do or how to fix this.
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  3. AddRAM
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    Windows 10 Pro
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    Did you wipe the drive you are installing windows on down to unallocated space ?

    With Linux you may have to do more than just that.

    A Linux Pro will come along and respond.

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  4. NavyLCDR
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    Windows 11 Pro
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    Are you trying to dual boot with Linux?
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  6. Berton
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    Win10 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home, Win7, Linux Mint
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    Also, if Linux was installed as the only OS it usually formats as ext4 and Windows can't work with it, however Linux can work with several different formats.
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