Thomas the Tank Engine Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I forgot to encrypt my home directory, tried reinstalling the OS over the old installation, but it just wanted to add it alongside the Windows & Linux install. Tried to delete through the installer, wouldn't really let me. So, how do I got about deleting the partition so that I can install the OS again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic333 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Do you have Windows installed?If so, just go to Windows and delete the Mint partition from there.Open diskmgmt, it should appear as a partition without file system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplezz Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I forgot to encrypt my home directory, tried reinstalling the OS over the old installation, but it just wanted to add it alongside the Windows & Linux install. Tried to delete through the installer, wouldn't really let me. So, how do I got about deleting the partition so that I can install the OS again? You don't usually delete the partition unless you want a different layout/size. Running: mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1 for example will generate a new file system for your partition. Assuming you want an EXT4 file system and the partition is on sda1. lsblk -f will give you your current layout. That being said, if all you want to do is reinstall from a live cd, then you can select the advanced partition option when it comes time to format your disk and select the existing partition to overwrite manually (give it a path of '/'). I always do that anyway in GUI installers otherwise they'll create useless swap partitions which I never need in most situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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