The first time, my co-worker recommended a different (non-MS) defragger that was able to move more non-movable (according to MS) stuff on the drive first, then used SuSE to shrink the partition to the size larger than I KNEW data was stored. The harddrive died within a month. Bad lot I think because they replaced it with different brand / part number entirely. anyway The second time I had to "restore" the drive from cd-media from HP (like Compaq's Quick-restore) and was able to specify the size of the partition during the process. You may want to use the "restore" cd's if you get/got them to make sure you actually can down the road and be sure everything works FWIW B-) On Tuesday 21 December 2004 10:05 am, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:
On Tuesday 21 December 2004 10:54, Brad Bourn wrote:
Before installing SuSE, did you use a partitioning program to limit the amount of room Windows took or is Suse good at optimizing the amount of space Windows XP Home takes when it is installed?
dj tuchler
seriously, though, I have to admit that although I haven't used it since I got it, I've left the windows partition on my new laptop if for nothing else than to have for someone else to use if need be. And to help take up space on the harddrive.
Also carrying it around with me as prone as it is to virus and the like, I get to live dangerously without actually taking the risk of booting it.
B-)
On Tuesday 21 December 2004 09:43 am, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:
I just bought a laptop with XP Home on it. I will be loading SuSE 9.2 on the hd when I get the laptop.
My Question: Is XP Home capable of running the general run of Windows stuff so that it is worth keeping and running as an alternative to SuSE?
Thanks
dj tuchler