On April 10, 2016 11:37:38 AM PDT, "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
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On Saturday, 2016-04-09 at 17:54 -0500, tech@reachthetribes.org wrote:
Using the windows shrink tool, I am freeing up 83gb of the windows partition to install opensuse. I know that I will have a swap, the root partition, and a data partition.
83GB is not that much; I would consider not using a separate home. And certainly do not use btrfs.
My question is, is this likely to present a problem for the windows recovery partition, since it is at the end of the drive, and my windows and linux partitions are in the middle? I have no idea what windows will do when all of a sudden there are 3 extra partitions in between it and the recovery partition.
Not likely, I have a similar setup. However, I think it is better that you image that partition to somewhere else, then delete it, because running that recovery destroys Linux and your partitions, making it impractical except for returning the machine to the repair service or manufacturer on warranty.
I think it is better to image the entire disk, using something like clonezilla (it makes files for each partition), so that in case of disaster you can recover Windows to a previous working state, but shrinked and with double boot. Or recover Linux, too.
- -- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
Probably too late for this advice, but in addition to agreeing with Carlos, I would go one step further, and get another disk drive and drive tray, and reserve one for windows and the other for Linux, because you don't have enough drive Space for EITHER system,let alone both. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org