Andreas, You can safely destroy/wipe the "Microsoft Reserved, Microsoft ESP (the present EFI System Partition), and any other windows generated partitions, ( assuming any data that matters from c:\Users\<username>\ has been collected and stored in a backup or other disk. If this will be a sole Fedora boot ensure `Fast Boot` is disabled as it can create issues with *nix booting. If you have any future questions feel free to ask on this mailing list OR the users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailing list, if you are IRC inclined you can even ask for more real time help @ iercs://chat.freenode.net/#fedora Andreas Aßmann: > On a new Laptop (UEFI / Secure Boot / GPT-specific partitions > "EFI_System_Partition" and "Microsoft_Reserved_Partition") I intend to > replace the pre-installed Windows-10 with Fedora-LXDE which will then be > the only system on the hard disk . > > When installing Fedora, have I to preserve both of the two partitions > "EFI_System_Partition" and "Microsoft_Reserved_Partition", or can I wipe > both of them or one of them? > > Thanks in advance. Have a nice day. > > Andreas > _______________________________________________ > laptop mailing list -- laptop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to laptop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Corey W Sheldon P: +11 310.909.7672 PGP: (Personal) 4700FD6D3EC254F946BB9404D0C33581852FCCC7 :|: (Fedora) 758793008171DABBCB5896F7D2E1CCE920100F28 (Ameridea) DDFCB8FBD28A95E866E5D237147DCFBF56D339DC :|: (Keybase) 3B7289AF0B1AA12186DD6965C7DCC808E8F3267F Freelance IT Consultant :|: Multi-Discipline Tutor :|: Founder, Ameridea https://keybase.io/linux_modder :|: https://www.ameridea.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Do or don't Do, there is no try -- Yoda A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at --Bruce Lee You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way --Marvin Minsky "One must never underestimate the power of boredom...from which creativity and laziness are borne, which can spark great works of chaos and genius." --Anonymous "Any man willing to retreat freedom for security is deserving of neither." (Pp) -- Benjamin Franklin. This document, including attachments, is intended for the person or company named and contains confidential and/or legally privileged information. Unauthorized disclosure, copying or use of this information may be unlawful and is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this message and notify the sender. _______________________________________________ laptop mailing list -- laptop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to laptop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
