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I recently added linux debian to my windows 10 laptop.

I installed the version without firmware, and intend to redo the installation using the firmware inclusive version.

I therefore need to identify the linux partitions on the disk an delete them.

Are partition 2, OS(C:) and Recovery, the windows partitions and numbers 5 and 6 linux?

Thanks

Partition info from Windows disk management

Volume------------------File System------------Status

Disk 0 partition 2 ----------------------------Healthy (EFI System Partition)

Disk 0 partition 5-----------------------------Healthy (Primary Partition)

Disk 0 partition 6-----------------------------Healthy (Primary Partition)

OS(C:)---------------------NTFS----------------Healthy(Boot, Page File, Crash Dump, Primary Partition)

Recovery-------------------NTFS----------------Healthy (OEM Partition)

Disk Management will not tell you if these partitions are Linux (although from your description 5 and 6 almost certainly are).

All it can tell you is that the partitions exist and the filesystem type (for example EXT4 or whatever you formatted them) is not recognized by Windows while it's own filesystem NTFS is.

The easiest way to make sure is to go to diskpart from command prompt. Select the disk you are interested in, then the select the partition. Next show detail of the selected partition to find the Type.

PS C:WINDOWSsystem32> diskpart



Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.17763.1



Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.

On computer: X201



DISKPART> select disk 2



Disk 2 is now the selected disk.



DISKPART> select partition 7



Partition 7 is now the selected partition.



DISKPART> detail partition



Partition 7

Type    : 0fc63daf-8483-4772-8e79-3d69d8477de4

Hidden  : Yes

Required: No

Attrib  : 0000000000000000

Offset in Bytes: 937397506048



There is no volume associated with this partition.



DISKPART> exit

Here the type is 0fc63daf-8483-4772-8e79-3d69d8477de4 which if you check the Wikipedia GUID partition table page it will tell you it is Linux.

Note that if you had a MBR not GPT disk then diskpart would show a 2 digit code like this for the Type rather than the long GUID above :

DISKPART> detail partition



Partition 4

Type  : 83

Hidden: Yes

Active: Yes

Offset in Bytes: 937397506048

In this case the code can be checked in Wikipedia Partition type page (here 83 is Linux)

Note that you will also see another small partition (Microsoft Reserved Partition, usually 16MB) as partition 3 just before the C volume. This partition is hidden in Disk Management but is shown in diskpart.

From the screenshots I would say yes 5 & 6 are what you think they are (Linux root and swap). Can you access these partitions in any other way to see what is on them?

• Can you boot into Debian and check your disk management utility from there.


• Assign a drive letter to the existing 5 & 6 partitions and view them in the file explorer.