Re: shrinking Windows C: drive to make room for Linux

2023-08-04 Thread Barry
> On 4 Aug 2023, at 22:32, Michael Hennebry > wrote: > > Should I ignore the 509 MB and just shrink C: ? Yes just shrink C: > Do I need to not ignore the 509 MB? Yes ignore it. Barry ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: shrinking Windows C: drive to make room for Linux

2023-08-04 Thread Michael Hennebry
Thanks for all the help. I have just a few more questions. C: seems to be almost ready to shrink. Windows' disk manager tells me disk 0 is laid out as follows: D0P1C: D0P4=disk 0, partition 4 100 MB 953.26 GB NTFS 509 MB EFI system restore system

Re: shrinking Windows C: drive to make room for Linux

2023-08-04 Thread Go Canes
On Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 8:52 AM Neal Becker wrote: > I can't recall if I tried [defragmenting the file system]. It's been years since I did this, so don't know how much is still relevant 1) Disable hibernation, reboot, delete hiberfil.sys 2) Check for "shadow copies" or whatever they're

Re: shrinking Windows C: drive to make room for Linux

2023-08-04 Thread George N. White III
On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 7:33 PM Neal Becker wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 10:26 AM Bill Cunningham > wrote: > >> >> On 8/3/2023 6:14 AM, George N. White III wrote: >> >> On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 12:37 AM Michael Hennebry < >> henne...@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote: >> >>> None of the hits I

Re: shrinking Windows C: drive to make room for Linux

2023-08-04 Thread Neal Becker
On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 11:52 PM Tim via users wrote: > On Thu, 2023-08-03 at 18:32 -0400, Neal Becker wrote: > > I just went through this to install Fedora on my wife's laptop. I > > tried the windows shrink, but it would only free up 128MB of the 60GB > > that should have been available. I

Re: shrinking Windows C: drive to make room for Linux

2023-08-03 Thread Tim via users
On Thu, 2023-08-03 at 18:32 -0400, Neal Becker wrote: > I just went through this to install Fedora on my wife's laptop. I > tried the windows shrink, but it would only free up 128MB of the 60GB > that should have been available. I followed elaborate instructions > to tell windows not to use a

Re: shrinking Windows C: drive to make room for Linux

2023-08-03 Thread Neal Becker
On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 10:26 AM Bill Cunningham wrote: > > On 8/3/2023 6:14 AM, George N. White III wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 12:37 AM Michael Hennebry < > henne...@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote: > >> None of the hits I got from search made explicit that one >> could shrink the C:

Re: shrinking Windows C: drive to make room for Linux

2023-08-03 Thread Bill Cunningham
On 8/3/2023 6:14 AM, George N. White III wrote: On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 12:37 AM Michael Hennebry wrote: None of the hits I got from search made explicit that one could shrink the C: partition even while it was in use. They focused on getting around Windows shrink's liomitations.

Re: shrinking Windows C: drive to make room for Linux

2023-08-03 Thread George N. White III
On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 12:37 AM Michael Hennebry < henne...@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote: > None of the hits I got from search made explicit that one > could shrink the C: partition even while it was in use. > They focused on getting around Windows shrink's liomitations. > From the list

Re: shrinking Windows C: drive to make room for Linux

2023-08-02 Thread Michael Hennebry
None of the hits I got from search made explicit that one could shrink the C: partition even while it was in use. They focused on getting around Windows shrink's liomitations. From the list responses, I gather that one can indeed srink the C: partition while it is in use. -- Michael

Re: shrinking Windows C: drive to make room for Linux

2023-08-02 Thread Greg Woods
On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 7:37 PM Michael Hennebry < henne...@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote: > I have an HP Elite with Windows 10. > The result of searching suggests that one can shrink the C: > drive, e.g. through disk management, > even while running Windows. > Is this correct? > I use "gparted"

Re: shrinking Windows C: drive to make room for Linux

2023-08-02 Thread Barry
> On 2 Aug 2023, at 02:37, Michael Hennebry > wrote: > > I have an HP Elite with Windows 10. > The result of searching suggests that one can shrink the C: > drive, e.g. through disk management, > even while running Windows. > Is this correct? > If not, would someone be kind enough > to point

shrinking Windows C: drive to make room for Linux

2023-08-01 Thread Michael Hennebry
I have an HP Elite with Windows 10. The result of searching suggests that one can shrink the C: drive, e.g. through disk management, even while running Windows. Is this correct? If not, would someone be kind enough to point to the preoper procedure? -- Michael henne...@mail.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu