Re: Best way to shrink Windows on new laptop?
On 30 Jan 2007, Paul Johnson wrote:
> Anthony Campbell wrote:
>
> > I'm getting a new Thinkpad Z61M and shall be installing Debian
> > (naturally!). When I last did this on a Thinkpad a couple of years ago I
> > just deleted the Windows partition completely, but I have found, *very*
> > rarely, that I needed it.
> >
> > I'd therefore like to keep Windows, at least for the moment, so I'll
> > need to shrink its partition. Two questions:
> >
> > a. How small could its partition be? Would 10 GB be enough, or too much?
>
> 10GB is probably a good number for Windows except Vista which requires
> something like 13GB(!) just to get it out of the box.
>
> > b. 3.5: If I understand the Debian Installation manual correctly, I can
> > do this by simply selecting a different size for the partition during
> > the installation process.
> >
> > "If your machine has a FAT or NTFS filesystem, as used by DOS
> > and Windows, you can wait and use Debian installer's
> > partitioning program to resize the filesystem."
> >
> > Won't this destroy all the Windows stuff?
>
> Potentially. Always keep a backup. You might also find
> http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com/ to be handy.
>
Thanks to all who've replied with lots of useful information. Looking
forward to putting it all into effect ...
Anthony
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