That's what I intend to do once I get the DVDs created. I was having trouble with the Windows backup tool writing to my external ASUS DVD-RW USB drive. It seemed to write data to disc 1, and then it would tell me to insert another disc larger than 1GB as Disc 1 again. I'll have to retry that tomorrow. Not sure what's going on there. I was using 4.7GB DVD-R discs. I just can't express how much I dislike *dows. There were no messages that Disc 1 was complete, or anything similar.
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Israel <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] > > 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]>: >> >>> 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] >>> > 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] >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users >>> >>> >> > > > -- > ->Jerry<- > > > > > -- > Regards > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > -- ->Jerry<-
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