On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 at 13:48, François Patte < [email protected]> wrote:
> Le 31/12/2019 à 16:29, George N. White III a écrit : > > On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 at 04:59, François Patte > > <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Bonjour, > > > > I want to install fedora in dual boot with windows 10 on a dell > laptop > > (latitude 3500) on which windows is preinstalled. > > > > I firstly boot on an usb stick with Gparted in order to resize the > > partitions but Gparted doesn't "see" the SSD... > > > > > > Is your SSD and NVMe or SATA device? You can shink the Windows 10 > > partition using Windows "Computer Management" --> Storage --> "Disk > > Management". Select the Volume and look for "Shink Volume" in the > menu. > > > > I recently installed Fedora 31 in a dual boot configuration on a Dell > > Desktop > > with NVMe SSD and UHD graphics. For laptops, graphics and networking > > are sometimes problematic, but UHD graphics should be OK, so if your > > network works in a "Live" USB system you should be in good shape. > > > > > > I disabled the secure boot, but nothing has changed, Gparted sees > only > > its own partition and nothing else. > > > I have the last version of Gparted ( 1.0.0-5). > > > > Could anybody help me? I don't know anything of windows which I never > > used... > > > > > > I've used Windows shrink volume for years to make space for Linux and > never > > had a problem, but Windows 10 is not robust. It also does behind the > > scenes > > snapshots and disk cleanups, so I find disk usage goes up and then down > by > > 30 GB following updates. > > Thank you for this answer. I am presently completely blocked: something > went wrong and the computer is blocked by a "defaultuser0"..... This > seems to be a clever invention from microsoft and it is absolutely > unclear how I can recover: I can't restore anything, the system falls > back to this "user" and there is no way to know what is the password > associated! > Were you able to boot Windows after disabling secure boot? Have you tried re-enabling secure boot? You should be able to restore the Dell factory configuration per https://www.dell.com/support/home/ca/en/cadhs1/drivers/osiso/recoverytool/WT64A > > Sigh! > > Moreover, I can't resize the partitions to install linux because the > ntfs partition is crypted (bitlocker). > If you have files you want to save on the NTFS partition you can try "dislocker" (available thru "dnf install dislocker"). I am stuck! > You can always revert to the factory configuration using https://www.dell.com/support/home/ca/en/cadhs1/drivers/osiso/recoverytool/WT64A -- George N. White III
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