Thanks Scott, I do have them on two separate hrds. I'm sick of windows so I'm loading a lot of different programs to try out in Linux. I'm pretty sure I can do everything I need to do in Linux that I could do in windows.
--- In [email protected], Scott <scottro@...> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 05:01:14PM -0000, tacm38 wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Can anyone help me understand the proper number of partitions and their > > size when installing Linux? I have two hard drives: one with Ubunto and the > > other with windows 7. I installed Ubunto some time back with just the > > minimum space required, i think it's 16gb. I want to reinstall so it won't > > run out of space and crash. When I try reinstalling, will it create the > > partitions I want or will I need to do it myself before the installation? > > > Partition size is a matter of personal preference, combined with what > you'll be using it for, as wel as the minimum requirements of a system. > For example, I think Windows 7 needs at least 20 GB of space, or some > other surprisingly large amount. > > A minimum Ubuntu (not Ubunto), install is only about 4-5 GB or even > less, I think. If you do a fresh install, it will show you the > partitions you already have, and offer to resize them if desired. > Assuming you're keeping the two systems on two different drives, as > opposed to different partitions, it will offer to use the whole drive--I > think that's one of the selections offered. > > If you've mistyped, and meant that you have two separate partitions, it > can actually shrink the Windows partition during installation--however, > shrinking a partition has a higher probability of data loss than growing > one--that not data less is necessarily going to happen, but it's always > a possibility. If shrinking a Windows partition, the standard advice is > to run a disk defrag before doing so. > > Again, if you have NOT mistyped, and it's two separate drives, then you > should have no problem, Ubuntu can resize, use the whole disk, or pretty > much do what you want during installation. > > -- > Scott Robbins > PGP keyID EB3467D6 > ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 > > Spike: So when do we destroy the world, already? > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
