Hi everyone. I have an ssd on which were installed Windows 11 and Linux Mint with dual boot. On Windows 11 i deleted the partition of Mint (what a genius i am..): now Zorin (installed on another hard drive) does not recognize that disk. It sees it as one hard drive and one generic usb disk. The only thing that i can do is power off the part seen as usb disk using the app Disks (i suppose it is the right name in english using Zorin with italian language). Now i don't care about that PC, it is an old machine for distro testing purpose. But is there a possibility to recover that ssd in some way? I mean making it recognizable by Zorin to eventually format it.
When it is/was a Dual-Boot, can you start in Windows, maybe over the BIOS?
You could start Zorin on a USB Stick, choose the ''Try Zorin'' Mode and use a Program called ''Boot Repair'', let it run and see if it helps.
When You say, You don't need the Data of it, You could use GParted to delete the whole Drive. You can install it with sudo apt install gparted
I tried everything you suggested, nothing worked. Thanks anyway, i will replace the hard drive.
Windows 11 is an absolute nightmare, Windows Recall is the final nail in the coffin. I highly suggest re-installing Zorin OS. When I was a kid, I did the same as you, deleting stuff I shouldn't, & paying the price. I was punished for doing that, life lessons are quite the powerful teacher.
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I totally agree, not only Recall, but the fact that Micro$oft sneakily switches many settings back on after updates, without the user's consent. Even if you switch off Recall (which is actually secure now 
), there's easily a chance the it would be switched back on till you check its status.
And we just cannot forget the spyware and telemetry that is BEAUTIFULLY integrated within the system, combined with ads, bloatware, and the non-uninstallable Edge browser. The cherry on the cake being the BSOD (Blue Screen of Death), whose sad face is also being butchered by M$
All in all, as many people are speculating, 2025 might be the Year of Linux!, and the recent Windows embarrassments (especially the future discontinuation of support for Windows 10) is encouraging people to switch to Linux 
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When you replace it, I would suggest to take Your current Drive with the Problem and put it in an external SSD Case and then plug it in. Maybe then You can format the Drive.
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Thank you, i will try
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