William A Morita wrote: > If you have a copy of Partition Magic, by all means use it to resize the XP > partition > before coming to the clinic. > > - Bill Morita > wamorita At hevanet.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Randy Stapilus > Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 10:23 AM > To: [email protected]; Linux/[email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected];civil and on-topic > Subject: [PLUG] prep for a dual boot > > Next month, I'd like to bring my desktop box in to the Sunday clinic and set > up a dual boot - it's currently XP, and I'd like to dual boot with the > current Linux Mint. (Hard drive has more than 100 gb available, so there > should be plenty of room.) My question: Apart from backup (which I do > regularly anyway), and download of the OS, what else should I do in advance > of bringing in the machine? Or bring with me? > > One note: I don't have wireless installed in it, have been using DSL cable. > Not sure if that would make any difference (I think I recall DSL cabling in > the clinic room, at least last time I was there), but thought I'd mention > it. > > Randy Stapilus > www.ridenbaugh.com > Northwest politics and public affairs > WA, OR, ID Public Affairs Digests > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > I would add, run the defrag as step one. Then resize.
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