Help Repartitioning to add Windows 11 to Linux Mint

[Speighthoven]

Hi. I need to insall Windows 11 alongside my existing Mint installation. I've used Mint for about 10 years, (Now using the latest Mint) but I've never added another OS to it.
I have some very important files on a partition (created with GPart) and I need to keep them there, (rather than transfer them elsewhere), or at least somewhere on the drive. Can someone give me at least an overview of how I can do this? I attach a screenshot of my current partiion status...

Thanks in advance

 

[KGIII]

I have some very important files on a partition (created with GPart) and I need to keep them there, (rather than transfer them elsewhere), or at least somewhere on the drive.

I strongly advise you to stop now and wait until you have somewhere else to back up that data.

In the strongest words possible, this kind of exercise absolutely can cause a loss of data. I strongly urge you to go no further until you have a way to back that valuable data up.

I mean, I'd strongly suggest backing things up already, but this is an exceptional case where it's exceptionally important to back up your data before moving forward with this. When you're moving around bits to consolodate them to a single space, you risk data loss. When you install a 2nd OS, especially Windows, you further risk disk corruption and software errors.

 

[PuppyHome]

Sound advice from KGill.

What you could do is create a Windows Virtual Machine and pass through the internal disc. I strongly advice QEMU/KVM for this because it is so easy to do and very stable while using it. Install Virtual Machine Manager for this job. Or any other 3rd party VM software if you'd be more comfortable with it.

Just don't mess with partitioning as it is very risky.

 

[tpkusr]

Can someone give me at least an overview of how I can do this?

This article shows how to create a bootable Windows 10 USB in Linux. You can try the method whether it is possible with windows 11 as well.

How to Create a Bootable Windows 10 USB in Linux

This tutorial shows you how to create a bootable Windows 10 USB in Linux with and without a GUI tool called Ventoy.

itsfoss.com

 

[APTI]

Hi. I need to insall Windows 11 alongside my existing Mint installation. I've used Mint for about 10 years, (Now using the latest Mint) but I've never added another OS to it.
I have some very important files on a partition (created with GPart) and I need to keep them there, (rather than transfer them elsewhere), or at least somewhere on the drive. Can someone give me at least an overview of how I can do this? I attach a screenshot of my current partiion status...

Thanks in advance

STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if this is a laptop you may think about the virtual machine thing.
If this is a desktop check out this...

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One thing many people do is make systems that will boot more than one choice of operating systems. This little article is a new and better way to do this. Often we have to fix the multi boot systems because an update changed something and damaged our grub configuration. Windows is especially good at doing this. So here is the best way to do this that allows you do make a multiboot system without having to do anything to grub or play with configurations.

This can only be done in a system that can accept more than one drive and an expansion card.

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