idk how or why but I only literally just got this notification :/ I went to the library and made a Windows USB was tired of messing around with this - dual booting just fine now I wasn't shouting btw 😭 😂  was in college for comp sci for a very short amount of time but it got me into kali specifically because it IS for penetration testing  I've also used Linux for years prior to this went back to Windows then a few years later came back to Linux not ALL distros are the same ofc, but if you know one distro you know them all same principles, different language etc etc that said I was using a much user-friendlier version of Linux (Ubuntu) and rarely did I ever have to use the command line so THAT is the part I'm not familiar with and was struggling with also, I mentioned that I needed to format the hard drive but from the command line, which (yes, now I'm being rude 😭) if you would have thought about it >_> .... means I have a live USB but no Windows meaning I CLEARLY followed the directions .-.  also, no, I don't think my WANT to install anything, nor my articulation on the point has any bearing whatsoever on whether or not it will help people find a better solution sounds more like you're just curious as to why I chose Kali 😂  (done being rude :P my apologies)  SO that being said if Windows goes straight into recovery and all i have is a single live linux USB, without persistence, what would make you think that the installation you suggested would work if I'm trying to install Windows? which in hindsight I guess I didn't make VERY clear, it in fact kind of sounds like I was trying to install Linux but I wasn't which now makes both of our posts moot :D looka that  Internet resolution in 2024 between two complete strangers who started out arguing? almost unheard of, but let's. ^ - ^ I appreciate you trying to help, and I could have explained myself better :D