Format then OS install?
- Thread starter PhatLloyd
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Hi
Your laptop may have several partitions including a hidden recovery partition
If you have windows already on the laptop you need a partition for Linux
If you can only see one partition which is c: you may need to shrink the partition to make space for the Linux partition
Many Linux live DVD have Gparted partition manager which can do this provided there is enough free space on drive
Due to data loss risk back up any important data before changing partition structure
You leave Linux to format the partition it lives in
Modern Linux can see windows NTFS format partitions
Windows can't see Linux formatted disks without a driver
Some free , some free for read only but paid for read write
Regards
Mike Barnes
Your laptop may have several partitions including a hidden recovery partition
If you have windows already on the laptop you need a partition for Linux
If you can only see one partition which is c: you may need to shrink the partition to make space for the Linux partition
Many Linux live DVD have Gparted partition manager which can do this provided there is enough free space on drive
Due to data loss risk back up any important data before changing partition structure
You leave Linux to format the partition it lives in
Modern Linux can see windows NTFS format partitions
Windows can't see Linux formatted disks without a driver
Some free , some free for read only but paid for read write
Regards
Mike Barnes
Hi
Have you wiped the disk with dban or similar?
Windows will offer to use whole hard disk when you install it .
you take advanced option to use part of hard drive and create partition
Windows setup automatically formats partition and sets up windows
When you boot up Linux install disk ( cd , DVD or usb) and start installation it also creates partitions and formats them , be careful you tell Linux to use free space on hard drive and not over write windows partition
Regards
Mike Barnes
Have you wiped the disk with dban or similar?
Windows will offer to use whole hard disk when you install it .
you take advanced option to use part of hard drive and create partition
Windows setup automatically formats partition and sets up windows
When you boot up Linux install disk ( cd , DVD or usb) and start installation it also creates partitions and formats them , be careful you tell Linux to use free space on hard drive and not over write windows partition
Regards
Mike Barnes
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INSTALL WINDOWS FIRST!!!
As mentioned earlier windows does not see Linux so it will not add a boot-loader with Linux. Linux on the other hand will install windows into it's boot-loader. You can fix it if you do Linux first but it's best to save the pain.
You haven't mentioned which Linux but most of them will give you an option to install side by side with windows. If there is a large empty space it'll use that or if you installed windows to the entire drive then it will shrink the windows partition about in half and then install. Bottom line is it does it all for you.
As mentioned earlier windows does not see Linux so it will not add a boot-loader with Linux. Linux on the other hand will install windows into it's boot-loader. You can fix it if you do Linux first but it's best to save the pain.
You haven't mentioned which Linux but most of them will give you an option to install side by side with windows. If there is a large empty space it'll use that or if you installed windows to the entire drive then it will shrink the windows partition about in half and then install. Bottom line is it does it all for you.
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