On 07/03/2015 06:53 PM, g wrote:
On 07/03/15 18:33, Doug wrote:
> On 07/03/2015 07:22 PM, jd1008 wrote:
>> On 07/03/2015 02:16 PM, g wrote:
> /snip/
>> 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.
jd1008,
what happens to locked directories and files?
see below for a brief of how i got laptop configured.
I have not experienced that
issue. Don't know how
to answer the question.
I read your configuration, and I must say you have
more partitions for windows than my case.
I just had the windows 7 sda1. That was it!
I used a live CD to fdisk the drive as follows:
sda2 became /
sda3 became swap.
install fedora from DVD
Done!
> /snip/
>> JD
> Unfortunately there is no information at this url, just the zip file.
> Do you know if it will move the files that Windows puts way out about
> halfway thru the existing partition, that normally limits how far you
> can shrink Windows?
good question. below is what i did because programs i pulled to do such
did not properly move files. above 'resizer-free' may work, but i did not
find such program in search i made.
if one uses the win prog that creates the recovery dvd's, those files
will be restored within a shrunk or re-partitioned partition.
as for validating the coa code, that was not a problem either because i
did allow win7 to run it's update prog and it ran without any problem.
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originally drive was;
sda1 hidden, win7 boot, data, diag
sda2 win7 os
sda3 HDDRECOVERY
using partition magic, i reduced sda2 size to open up room for extened
partition, leaving 'HDDRECOVERY' in place.
i then made the gained space an extended partition where after partitioning,
sda3 HDDRECOVERY became sda4 HDDRECOVERY.
reason for leaving HDDRECOVERY at end of drive was because i did not
know what would happen if i moved it to new sda3 position with sda4
being extended.
i reformatted sda2 as ntfs and sliced up the new extended partition so
that when i finished i had drive setup as;
/dev/sda1 ntfs 1G46 hidden, win7 boot, data, diag
/dev/sda2 ntfs 40G15 win7
/dev/sda3 extended 183G19
/dev/sda5 ext4 1G00 /boot
/dev/sda6 swap 2G88 swap
/dev/sda7 ext4 10G00 / {centos 6
/dev/sda8 ext4 10G00 { open for additional linux systems
/dev/sda9 ext4 10G00 { open for additional linux systems
/dev/sda10 ext4 10G00 { open for additional linux systems
/dev/sda11 ext4 78G13 /home
/dev/sda12 ext4 61G15 /hdd/sda/12
unallocated 4M83
/dev/sda4 ntfs 8G09 hidden HDDRECOVERY
after above partitioning, i reinstalled win7 via the recovery dvd's.
rebooted and all worked well.
then i installed centos 6, install picked up on the win7 partition and
made it 'other' in grub boot menu.
i assigned sda5 thru sda12 as shown above.
i now have a laptop that is dual boot and both systems run without any
problems.