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> If you care about Windows 7 at all (e.g., for playing games) you should > back up the Win 7 installation completely before starting. How you go > about it depends on your new machine. If it came with recovery options, > you should investigate them. With the Ultimate edition, Win 7 comes > with a good backup program, you can use that. Otherwise, you can look > to the various alternatives for backing up. > > But I urge you to use something. Most of the programs, free and > non-free, work properly to shrink a partition, but it is easy to commit > a user error and wipe things out completely. > > If it were me, I would shrink (resize) the partition first, before > running the Debian installer. That is, take it in reversible stages. > This is a matter of taste. It isn't strictly necessary. > > I have Win 7 home premium. I will find out what tools for partitioning/backup came with it and decide on my next course of action. |