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Disk Storage - I believe my HDD still has Windows' remnants (I want them out)

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So, I have been messing with a spare HDD I have lately. I realized that, for some reason, I have a /dev/sda1/ .fat32 partition, which is flagged as boot, on my HDD. I previously worked with Windows. I thought I had removed everything as I started my enterprise on changing distros. I searched quite a lot, and perhaps I have used the wrong keywords, or searched for the wrong questions, to no avail. I hope someone can help me.

  1. Why does my HDD still have a 512 MiB partition, which is flagged as boot (even though Gparted displays it as totally unused), formatted in the .fat32 filesystem? I thought it was exclusive to Windows, as I changed all partitions to .ext4

  2. Can I safely delete this partition?

  3. I haven't allocated a swap partition, yet everything has running smoothly. Is it begginers' luck?

I sincerely hope I was able to convey my questions - English is not my first language and it has been some time since I last spoke it. enter image description here

mook765 avatar
cn flag
Ubuntu uses swap file instead of swap partition nowadays. Do not delete the small 512 MB partition, it contains your bootloader.
HenriqueCouto avatar
id flag
@mook765, thank you. I thought so - but the fact that intrigues me is its type of filesystem. Shouldn't it be .ext4?
mook765 avatar
cn flag
No fat32 is beautiful. This partition is needed for UEFI boot and must be formatted with a fat file system, everthing is good.
HenriqueCouto avatar
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@mook765, thanks a lot mate!
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