[PLUG] Tame Windows to permit Linux space - HOW?
Richard Owlett
rowlett at pcnetinc.com
Thu Jan 26 19:54:36 UTC 2012
Patrick "Finn" Robins wrote:
> 2012/1/26 Joe Niski<joeniski at easystreet.net>
>
>> On 1/26/12 8:54 AM, "Richard Owlett"<rowlett at pcnetinc.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Any way to move it where it belongs?
>>
>> i seem to remember that if you boot from a GParted live CD, it can resize
>> your Windows partition without damaging anything.
>
>
> My personal experience has been that most distributions can resize during
> install quite safely. However if you are at all worried about data loss a
> complete backup before install or re-partitioning with GParted is always a
> good idea.
>
CHUCKLE was my first thought.
However Windows(tm) has a nasty habit of telling user that
such-and-such file may not be copied. I have no idea of what
file(s) reside in doubtful area.
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