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Is there a way I can reinstall Linux Mint without messing up my Windows Partition? (midwest.social)

submitted 2 months ago by Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to c/techsupport@lemmy.world

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Long story short I was messing around in the terminal and messed up my Linux Mint Installation and now when I boot into Linux I only get a CLI and don't even see the Linux mint logo. I tried to restore to a previous state using Timeshift but it did not work so I ended up taking a live usb and backing up all my important documents to an external drive. I want to just do a fresh installation but unfortunally for me the boot drive is also the same drive I use to boot into Windows (which I am still able to boot into from GRUB). Is there a way I can reinstall the OS without affecting my ability to boot into Windows?

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[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

In Windows Disk Management (or "Create and Format Hard Disk Partitions" as it's now called), you can just right click and either delete volume or format. Make sure you select the correct Linux partition, because you know the consequences if you don't.