Re: where do files go when you partition?
- From: "philo" <philo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:27:39 -0600
"John Salerno" <johnjsal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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philo wrote:
if you use a utility to *resize* a partition
you of course must make the partition *larger* than the amount of data
you have
So if all I have on my HD right now is Windows, then when I partition the
drive, I need to make it at least as big as the amount of space being
taken up at that time?
yes...
look to see how much of your drive is being used...
and be sure to leave plenty of extra room...
if you are going to just be "fooling around" with linux...
probably 5-6 gigs devoted to linux would be enough
.
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