On 07/03/2015 02:16 PM, g wrote:
On 07/03/15 11:57, Nikkita Miles wrote:
New to Fedora OS use.
Have windows 7 currently on laptop
Want to install Fedora
Need suggestion on best Fedora product to use
Need suggestion on how to begin
Need complete step thru process
Real new to conversion process
as mentioned, you may well need to shrink win7 partition, but be aware
that you will have problems due to locked directories and files.
reason i know this is because i recently installed linux to a laptop
and ran into shrinking problems due to locked directories and files.
there are several ways to go about setting up laptop for dual booting.
1- wipe hdd and install win7 as new, loosing all you have built up.
2- run recovery program to maintain current win7 to maintain current
setup and files.
after several attempts to shrink win7 and was not able to shrink win7
enough, i used #2 of above because i do not have win7 install cd.
if you want a step by step of what i did, contact me off list and i will
be glad to send you how i did it.
as for partitioning, i ran a search for a live partitioning iso and found
a free pmagic-2013-08-01.iso to work just fine. i do not recall where i
pulled it from, but a web search will give you plenty of hits for that
iso name.
I found a win7 program (Free as in no cash payment needed).
Download from http://download.resize-c.com/resizer-free.zip
It resizes partitions on all windows.
It will really save Nikkita a lot of headaches.
Sometimes, re-installing windows causes it not to be validated with
the COA code because it is already registered.
Then, one has to call MS, wait for a long time to reach the
correct dept. (usually somewhere in India or Philippines ...etc)
in order to receive a new very long COA which will get easily lost
over time unless it is indelibly recorded in a place where it will not
get lost such as being permanently glued to the bottom of
the laptop or on top of the Desktop PC.
Cheers,
JD
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