How to set up a dual boot on a thinkpad

Stephen cryptworks at gmail.com
Wed Dec 12 17:15:43 MST 2012


Aaarg gparted. Curse you autocorrect!
On Dec 12, 2012 4:56 PM, <joe at actionline.com> wrote:

>
> Stephen wrote:
> > You can make a hoarded live CD and not need the reinstall.
>
> What is a "hoarded live CD"?
>
> A google search turned up no applicable information.
>
>
>
> > On Dec 12, 2012 4:31 PM, <joe at actionline.com> wrote:
> >> I have a used Thinkpad T60 with win7 installed and I want to install
> >> Kubuntu in a dual boot, but I'm having trouble trying to shrink the
> >> win-7 part of the 100-gig HD as as small as I'd like to make it.
> >> There are a couple of nuisance files stuck at about the 75-gig point.
> >> I've tried everything I can think of to get rid of those files,
> >> to no avail.
> >>
> >> So, I think there is a reserve copy of win-7 in another partition. What
> >> is the procedure to do a fresh re-install of win-7 from that reserve
> >> partition so I can shrink the HD and install Kubuntu in a dual boot?
>
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