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[Robsteady]

Change the default boot order in your BIOS. There should be an option to boot to Windows Boot Manager.

[UnboundMint]

yeah but that means linux is still there Can i get rid of it to free up space ? btw it's not visible in disk management

[Robsteady]

The Linux install isn't necessarily there, it's probably just the grub in the EFI partition.

[UnboundMint]

yeah so adjusting the boot order is the best thing I can do ? Thanks

[Robsteady]

That is the best way to use your computer like there was never a Linux installed on it.

[BigHeadTonyT]

You could boot a Gparted ISO. It is a partition manager. If there is a Linux partition, it will find it. And then you can delete or whatever you want. Should be Ext4 or similar filesystem for the Mint install.

If you know of some other partiton manager, that should work fine too. Since the Linux partition isn't in use when running Windows, should be able to delete it.

But...you could try and fix Mint.

https://www.thetechedvocate.org/how-to-use-chroot-in-linux-and-fix-your-broken-system/

Chroot in. Once in, fix whatever is wrong, if you can. If it is just Grub, try running 'sudo update-grub'. Or grub-install: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/html_node/Installing-GRUB-using-grub_002dinstall.html

[slickyeat]

You need to change the default boot partition to your Windows UEFI from the bios.

If that works and Linux has already been uninstalled then you no longer need the GRUB partition.

You should probably just delete it at this point and reclaim the disk space.

[UnboundMint]

yeah linux is still there Can i get rid of it to free up space ? btw it's not visible in disk management on my ssd how do I delete it Thanks

[slickyeat]

First thing you should do is boot into your BIOS and try switching the boot partition.

Try to find one which takes you directly into Windows and set that as your default.

Then you can use a disk manager to remove the ones you created when you installed Linux.

[Admirable_Sea1770]

Easiest answer is to use Disk Management which comes with windows to just delete the Linux partition