On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 14:48 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 14:10 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > > >> I've acquired a computer with a 40 gig hard drive with > >> one NTFS partition and XP installed. Can I somehow repartition > >> it to reduce the XP partition to a minimum using the F-10 live cd? > >> Or should I forget that and install an additional drive for F-10? > >> > > ---- > > 40 Gb is not very large. I wouldn't suggest that you have XP with too > > much less than 20 Gb but the installer can indeed shrink the NTFS > > partition on the fly during installation and use the space made > > available for Linux. > > > > I would suggest that you use the Windows tools to 'defragment' the XP > > installation first unless that is a fairly clean, unused XP > > installation. > > > > Craig > > > > > Yes, I already ran the "defrag" on Xp and it found nothing > to do as I expected since it is a new install on a used box. > I have no use for Windows but I keep throwing Windows installations > away and it seemed like I ought to keep one. It also came with > an re-installation cd which I assume would permit me to rescue > the windows install if I hose it, should I want to. > > I was thinking more like 10 gigs for Windows. It doesn't occupy > but a small part of the drive now and I don't plan on using it for > anything ... > > I didn't realize the Fedora installer could re-size the Windows partition > but I will have a try at it. > ---- 10 is too small...suggest at least 12. My new Acer Aspire One with WinXP SP3, OpenOffice 3, AVG Free Anti-Virus, Acrobat Reader, Flash, Firefox, Thunderbird, iTunes (no data) is just a hair under 10 Gb so I doubt you will have much space left. Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
