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submitted 2 weeks ago by Demonmariner@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I have a PC currently configured to dual boot Windows 10 and Linux Mint. I don't need Windows anymore, but Mint is working just fine and I'd rather avoid wiping the whole thing and starting over. Is there a safe way to just get rid of Windows?

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[-] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I be getting really confused when one config boots from /dev/sda, but when I have my backup drive attached (not the boot device), it boots from /dev/sdb

Hell I dunno, I probably confused the hell out of my laptop plus myself with my cutout mod reconfiguration, but it’s happy to boot from almost anything now.

You probably just have multiple boot entries and some are higher priority, so if you plug in a drive it's boot config is higher in the boot order and since it is available it'll boot that.

Just run

efibootmgr --unicode

You can see all of the entries and their boot order.

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