On 22 August 2013 14:36, James Morrissey <morrissey.jam...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a windows partition on my HDD, but only really keep it there so that > i can run the BIOS update utility from Lenovo. The partition is only really > big enough to do that - i am not sure i could fit a LibreOffice or even > anti-virus install on the space that is there. Thus i can't do much that is > productive in windows - which is fine as i don't use it for anything - > meaning that testing this is a time waster. Thus while i could test this i > would happily first see if the driver fix resolves it first. > > Will hold out on this and if nothing else works, sit on windows for a day > this weekend...
GParted will allow you to resize it a little. Also, you could give Windows a data partition on the end of the drive and move your Documents folder there. Also give it a general clear-out - empty the bin, empty the Temp folders in \Windows and your home folder; disable hibernation; disable the swap file (or move it to the data drive). That should buy you a few free gig. (I wrote an article with a few tips here: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1004689/how-to-give-a-tired-old-pc-a-spring-clean ) Ninite.com is very useful for quickly, cleanly installing a whole selection of freeware/FOSS Windows apps to get you up and running. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
