Tried to dual boot W11 & Ubuntu & bricked my PC

2 years ago by Ezek to c/linux

Not sure if this is the right place to ask or if anyone can help me, but today, I installed the ubuntu ISO & converted it to a bootable format on an 128GB SD card (All my USBs are too small) I ran the installer as normal & here's where I think I messed up. I allocated a 27GB partition for linux but that option didnt apper on the installer upon being asked where to install to. Thinking nothing of it, I ran the installer clicking on the install to drive option & halfway through it failed saying something like Error16 Drive is busy & the installation was only half done. now on attempt to restart windows is completely gone & all I can do is boot up a very fragmented Ubuntu without internet & firefox works very slowly. If anyone can help, then it's appreciated. I've always wanted to try Linux & just got an SD card large enough to do it, but now this happens.

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Eheran 19 points 2 years ago

I agree, if the data loss is no issue and there is no need to recover anything, just start from scratch.

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possiblylinux127 -5 points 2 years ago

Not needed

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Eheran 3 points 2 years ago

Not needed what....?

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possiblylinux127 -1 points 2 years ago

Windows should be intact

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Ezek 8 points 2 years ago

Actually It was completely wiped apart from a few fragments in the recovery D: drive & thanks to the disk management system being the worst I have ever seen, it put the C: drive into a 26GB partition instead of the 210GB that its supposed to be in which is now D:

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possiblylinux127 2 points 2 years ago

Oh, ignore my comments then

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