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Subject:    Re: [ltp] screwed up installation (Win10) when trying to install Ubuntu20.04
From:       Matthias Posseldt <matthi () gmx ! li>
Date:       2020-09-15 12:00:51
Message-ID: 2455404D-7ABD-4643-85E7-F8B57AB121A9 () gmx ! li
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Hi, 

On 15 September 2020 12:02:00 CEST, Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> wrote:
> I am desperate. I tried, for a friend, to install Ubuntu20.04 *along*
> Windows10 on  thinkpad X1 (8th generation). I have installed Ubuntu in
> the past on X1, but erasing Windows 10.
> 
> It was bit complicated because I had to fully activate and then
> deactivate bitlocker.
> 
> However during the installation when I tried to resize the ntfs file
> system, something went wrong, and I am afraid the whole disk is now a
> ext4 disk, I interrupted the installation bu my friend insists to have
> Windows 10.
> 
> So the question boils down, how can I reinstall windows 10 in such
> circumstances, I googled but without success.

Normally, ThinkPads have a recovery partition. If you boot the machine to any boot \
manager, do you see a partition of a couple of gigabytes size called LENOVO or \
similar? Try booting this, if possible. 

Regards 
Matthias 
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