> I have just installed Win7 Home Basic into a partition that had > previously held Win XP Home and been resized with GParted. I then > followed that up with an installation of Linux Mint Debian and that > detected the Win 7 instance and set up dual booting. > > Now, I realise that what I have described above is not exactly the same > as having Win 7 pre-installed and resizing, so your mileage may well > vary. If youhoroughly back up your data and ensure that you have a means > to restore your Win 7 you should be okay. > The issue remains though that LDME doesn't seem to tell if there's anything special it does when encountering 7... and it also uses GRUB2, which I have a dislike for.
> I guess the safe alternative /might/ be to buy a commercial product to > resize the partition, although I have no idea what products are out > there and how good they are as I have been happily using GParted without > issue* for the last few years. The last time I bought something it was > Partition Magic, which was not without faults and was relatively > expensive for what was effectively a single use program. > I once ah... acquired a similar commercial product, and quickly found GParted much better. That said, this was pre-Vista, so whether or not that's changed... at any rate, having to pay out for it isn't exactly an option on short finances at the moment. Thanks all the same. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-04-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
