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I have ubuntu installed along side Windows 10. I want to factory reset my windows OS.

Will it affect my Ubuntu OS in anyway ?

What should I take care of before resetting ?

Navi
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Do not follow the duplicate as Windows Factory reset might wipe your entire disk!

What you should is it to:

  1. Take a screen shot of your current gparted disk configuration.
  2. Make a full System backup on an external HDD using CloneZilla Live Using Disk to Image.
  3. Do the Windows thing (Off-topic here)
    • Check in Windows Disk Manager whether that wiped your Ubuntu partitions or not.
    • If it did not, but Ubuntu doesn't boot, skip to step 6
    • If it did wipe the Ubuntu partitions, go to the next step.
  4. Boot Ubuntu in "Try" mode
  5. Run gparted again and resize your partitions manually as noted in step #1
  6. Restore your system backup
  7. Optional: Run Boot-repair if Ubuntu doesn't start.
Fabby
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