Hi, Every so often I get a computer with windows on it, and I resize the windows partition for the person, so they can run their Windows only apps. I have never once had an issue. But really, most of the time, I only use Windows to update the BIOS. And then the next thing I do is install a flavour of Ubuntu. Usually Lubuntu, but sometimes Xubuntu.
That said, I never use the Windows partitioner. I manually partition the system inside the LiveCD. Windows has always "worked" during those times. Usually, though it is better to reinstall Windows so you get a fresh registry. Though the newer NT based versions seem to handle things a bit better, they always seem to get slower, and full of viruses after they have been used for somewhere around a year. Most of the 'broken' computers I get have windows issues. I had one that the sound wasn't working, and the DVD drive no longer functioned (in windows). I simply booted a live CD (yes the drive did work), and voila... everything was working. On 10/03/2014 08:15 PM, "J. Van Brimmer" wrote: > Yeah, I understand that it's a loaded question. I was just wondering > if anyone here had tried it before. After I get my DVD images complete > and tested, I'm going to try it. > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Andre Rodovalho > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Nobody will answer you for sure. Even if you contact Windows > support... Give it a try. If you have any problems, you restore > that. Better now that you have nothing on your Windows than later... > > PS: Windows 7 requires 20GB for 64bits architecture. > > 2014-10-03 20:26 GMT-03:00 "J. Van Brimmer" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>: > > It has a 500Gb hard drive, but the "C" partition was only > about 460Gb. When I ran the Partitoner from inside Windows, it > would only shrink "C" down to 226Gb. > > I just now booted up a Lubuntu live 14.04 disc and ran Gparted > from inside Lubu. Gparted says I can shrink "C" down to 36.6 > Gb minimum. But, I have no problem leaving it at 100 Gb. I > just want to know, if I shrink it down below the 226 > Gb boundary set by the Windows partitioner, will it clobber > Windows? Will I have to factory restore the system just to > have a running windows? > > I am tempted to just wipe the whole disc, but I thought if I > can shrink "C" down to 100 Gb, I'd leave it there. > > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Aere Greenway > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > > On 10/03/2014 11:30 AM, "J. Van Brimmer" wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have just acquired a "new" refurbished Lenovo X140e >> netbook. tI has Windows 7 Pro on it. The first thing I >> did after booting it up was to go into Partition >> Management to shrink the C partition to make room for >> Lubuntu. I was shocked to discover that the partition >> manager would only shrink C by 50%. So, I went ahead and >> did that. >> >> Then, I booted up a live CD of Gparted. Gparted says I >> can shrink C way down a lot more. I don't remember how >> far it was, but it was way down, less than 100 GB. >> >> Can I safely follow Gparted's recommendation and not >> impact Winbroke? I am not too terribly worried about it >> though. I am going to create a restore image DVD, but I >> just thought I'd ask to see if anyone has any experience >> on this before I get started. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> ->Jerry<- >> >> > Jerry: > > I once had a Windows partition that I re-sized way down to > a size that seemed reasonable at the time. It seemed > reasonable because I only use that system for testing. > > A year or so later, that system was in-trouble because of > insufficient space. > > The culprit? The space was used up by the multitude of > Windows updates. > > I had to re-size the Windows partition to a larger size to > rescue the system (which involved resizing and even moving > my Linux partitions). > > So by word of experience, in re-sizing a Windows > partition, be sure to leave it room to install the many > necessary Windows updates. On Windows 7 and above, it > also creates a restore-point whenever you install > anything, and those restore-points take up disk space as > well. > > I do recommend keeping your Windows partition around (and > usable) if you have one. Over the years, there have been > many cases where I was glad I saved it for those > occasional things that won't run on Linux, or for which > Linux has no practical alternative. > > Linux has been very reliable in re-sizing all of my > Windows partitions. In over 10 years of experience, it > only failed once, and in that case, there may have been > disk errors in the Windows partition. So make sure you do > a disk check of the Windows partition before re-sizing it. > > Beware that on Windows 8, it may leave its partition in a > 'suspend' (hibernate) state, so re-sizing it could give > you problems. > > -- > Sincerely, > Aere > > > > > -- > ->Jerry<- > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > > > > > -- > ->Jerry<- > > -- Regards
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