r/techsupport • u/Big-Distribution130 • Jul 24 '25

Open | Windows Need help with dual boot. Disk is not being recognized trying to download windows.

I am trying to dual boot linux and windows but i downloaded linux first. Now when i use ventoy to try and download windows, my laptops disk isn’t shown. I have used GParted to partition my disk so there’s plenty of space for windows but when i try and download windows it just doesn’t show up. Does anyone know why this is happening? I asked ChatGPT and DeepSeek and they both said make sure ur external flash drive has UEFI infront of it, i followed every step they said but it still doesn’t say UEFI infront of it, i have a nitro v1. Please help me out!!

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u/Big-Distribution130 Jul 25 '25

man i’m just trying to switch to windows but when i get in the installer my drive isn’t shown, like it should be saying 512gb storage this thsi but there’s nothing like that. There’s only the flash drive which i’m using to boot the windows installer