when i dual booted W7/Ubuntu I just used the tools from the Ubuntu install and it was fine. On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > I have a new Dell Vostro laptop and I want to add Debian to it. It has > Windows 7 Home Premium on it. When I went into the Windows 7 disk manager > all I could get was 1/2 of the C partition - 143 GB for Debian, and it > reserved the other 143 GB for Windows 7, even though it is only using 16GB > of the disk! > > Is this some evil trick by Microsoft to keep people from dual booting, or is > there some reason Windows 7 needs all 143 GB for itself when all the files > on the disk amount to 16GB??? What am I missing? > > Can I just use gparted to resize the drive the way I want it - 40GB or 60GB > for Windows and the rest for a real operating system like Debian? ;-) > > Thanks! > > Mark > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss