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Repartitioning your Pinebook Pro

There are multiple reasons to desire a different file system layout.

Make a backup

Backup your existing OS and data. Multiple times if it's important data.

Read about recovery options

Worse case, you may have to open up your Pinebook Pro and perform a boot with

Understand the risks

If you perform the steps wrong, you could end up with an un-bootable laptop. Even using a SD card may not help. If the eMMC thinks it's good enough to boot, it may not try the SD card.

Using a MicroSD card

This example shows using a SD card as temporary boot location.