Guided resize is offered when the partitioner detects another OS already on your hard-disk, and offers to resize it (make it smaller) to make space for gOS.
I don't understand what you mean by "disk allocation", but if you mean, will I lose "windows" (or another OS already on the HD), then the answer is, if all goes well you do not, but mind the following: If the "other OS" is Windows, and you want to keep it, first defragmentate your hard-disk with the Disk Defragmenter System tools in the Utilities menu. This will remove any inconsistencies in the NTFS filing system (while doing the filing system check), then moves all file parts to one end of the hard-disk so at the end a large piece of space is unused. The gOS installer can also do the latter in theory, but if a filing inconsistency (error) is present in NTFS the installer might fail in the resize, in theory this can lead to data loss in NTFS. If you want to keep the windows partition (keep the option to boot Windows), do NOT use the "use whole disk", or the "use largest unused space" options, as both will damage (remove, in the first case) the Windows NTFS partition. If you are very comfortable with this subject then you can also try "manual", but I don't recommend it. Whatever you do, if there is data on the hard-disk that is important to you, and cannot be easily replaced, back it up on an external disk, burn it to a CD/DVD, or store it on a USB memory stick or SD-Card. On 7 jan, 14:37, punith <[email protected]> wrote: > will i lose my disk allocation if i use the guided resize method of > partitioning --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
