Most first timers don't need to nuke their Windows installation, mess with
re-sizing a hard drive, or hassle with dual booting. Most laptops and PCs
are capable of running Fedora or any other OS in a virtual environment.
Get and install the windows version of VirtualBox, VmWare Workstation or
VmWa
On 07/03/2015 08:27 PM, g wrote:
On 07/03/15 20:58, jd1008 wrote:> On 07/03/2015 07:17 PM, g wrote:
then you are recommending something that you have no experiance with?
I mean the util did not have or report such issues.
It just shrunk sda1 and I had plenty of room to add p2 and p3.
Win7
On 07/03/15 20:58, jd1008 wrote:> On 07/03/2015 07:17 PM, g wrote:
>> On 07/03/15 19:54, jd1008 wrote:
>>> It can either shrink or expand a partition.
>>>
>>> You must be careful to leave enough room in the
>>> windows partition because it uses free disk space for swap.
>> .
>> actually
On 07/03/2015 08:01 PM, g wrote:
On 07/03/15 20:41, jd1008 wrote:
On 07/03/2015 06:53 PM, g wrote:
On 07/03/15 18:33, Doug wrote:
On 07/03/2015 07:22 PM, jd1008 wrote:
I found a win7 program (Free as in no cash payment needed).
Download from http://download.resize-c.com/resizer-
On 07/03/15 20:55, jd1008 wrote:
> On 07/03/2015 06:58 PM, g wrote:
>> On 07/03/15 19:27, Chris Murphy wrote:
>> <<>>
>>
>>> Boot Windows to a recovery console, and chkdsk /f and then reboot.
>>> Defragment with Window's built in utility. Shrink with Window's built
>>> in utility. That's what I'd
On 07/03/15 20:41, jd1008 wrote:
> On 07/03/2015 06:53 PM, g wrote:
>> On 07/03/15 18:33, Doug wrote:
>>> On 07/03/2015 07:22 PM, jd1008 wrote:
I found a win7 program (Free as in no cash payment needed).
Download from http://download.resize-c.com/resizer-free.zip
It resiz
On 07/03/2015 07:17 PM, g wrote:
On 07/03/15 19:54, jd1008 wrote:
On 07/03/2015 05:33 PM, Doug wrote:
<<>>
Unfortunately there is no information at this url, just the zip file.
Do you know if it will move the files that Windows puts way out about
halfway thru the existing partition, that n
On 07/03/2015 06:58 PM, g wrote:
On 07/03/15 19:27, Chris Murphy wrote:
<<>>
Boot Windows to a recovery console, and chkdsk /f and then reboot.
Defragment with Window's built in utility. Shrink with Window's built
in utility. That's what I'd suggest. I wouldn't use any 3rd party
utility for
On 07/03/2015 06:53 PM, g wrote:
On 07/03/15 18:33, Doug wrote:
On 07/03/2015 07:22 PM, jd1008 wrote:
On 07/03/2015 02:16 PM, g wrote:
/snip/
I found a win7 program (Free as in no cash payment needed).
Download from http://download.resize-c.com/resizer-free.zip
It resizes partitions on all
On 07/03/15 19:54, jd1008 wrote:
> On 07/03/2015 05:33 PM, Doug wrote:
<<>>
>> Unfortunately there is no information at this url, just the zip file.
>> Do you know if it will move the files that Windows puts way out about
>> halfway thru the existing partition, that normally limits how far you
>
On 07/03/15 19:27, Chris Murphy wrote:
<<>>
> Boot Windows to a recovery console, and chkdsk /f and then reboot.
> Defragment with Window's built in utility. Shrink with Window's built
> in utility. That's what I'd suggest. I wouldn't use any 3rd party
> utility for this, except maybe ntfsprogs
On 07/03/2015 05:33 PM, Doug wrote:
On 07/03/2015 07:22 PM, jd1008 wrote:
On 07/03/2015 02:16 PM, g wrote:
/snip/
I found a win7 program (Free as in no cash payment needed).
Download from http://download.resize-c.com/resizer-free.zip
It resizes partitions on all windows.
/snip/
On 07/03/15 18:33, Doug wrote:
> On 07/03/2015 07:22 PM, jd1008 wrote:
>> On 07/03/2015 02:16 PM, g wrote:
> /snip/
>> I found a win7 program (Free as in no cash payment needed).
>> Download from http://download.resize-c.com/resizer-free.zip
>> It resizes partitions on all windows.
jd1008,
what
On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Doug wrote:
>
>
> On 07/03/2015 07:22 PM, jd1008 wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 07/03/2015 02:16 PM, g wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>
> /snip/
>>>
>>>
>> I found a win7 program (Free as in no cash payment needed).
>> Download from http://download.resize-c.com/resizer-free.zip
>> It resiz
On 07/03/2015 07:22 PM, jd1008 wrote:
On 07/03/2015 02:16 PM, g wrote:
/snip/
I found a win7 program (Free as in no cash payment needed).
Download from http://download.resize-c.com/resizer-free.zip
It resizes partitions on all windows.
/snip/
JD
Unfortunately there is no informat
On 07/03/2015 02:16 PM, g wrote:
On 07/03/15 11:57, Nikkita Miles wrote:
New to Fedora OS use.
Have windows 7 currently on laptop
Want to install Fedora
Need suggestion on best Fedora product to use
Need suggestion on how to begin
Need complete step thru process
Real new to conversion process
Nikkita,
I fully second the idea of trying out a LiveCD (albeit using a USB) first --
here are some instructions that i came across:
https://kororaproject.org/support/documentation/creating-bootable-media -- and
then seeing how things go.
Btw, since you are totally new, you may actually want
On 07/03/15 11:57, Nikkita Miles wrote:
> New to Fedora OS use.
> Have windows 7 currently on laptop
> Want to install Fedora
> Need suggestion on best Fedora product to use
> Need suggestion on how to begin
> Need complete step thru process
> Real new to conversion process
as mentioned, you may
On 07/03/2015 12:15 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
Windows 7 itself can shrink NTFS volumes just fine. What it doesn't do
(or I haven't figure out how to do it) is grow them.
And also Fedora includes ntfsprogs which can shrink NTFS volumes. It
marks the fs dirty so the next time Windows boots it will
Windows 7 itself can shrink NTFS volumes just fine. What it doesn't do
(or I haven't figure out how to do it) is grow them.
And also Fedora includes ntfsprogs which can shrink NTFS volumes. It
marks the fs dirty so the next time Windows boots it will want to
chkdsk the volume, which is normal. The
On 07/03/2015 11:36 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
On 07/03/2015 12:57 PM, Nikkita Miles wrote:
Need suggestion on how to begin
you will need to either shrink your windows partition, using a windows
program, or blow it all away & install fedora, your choice..
I have an old Windows (Not made by
On 07/03/2015 10:36 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
there is no best, only what suits you best.. KDE is the BIGGEST,
size-wise, and maybe the most windows-like. I use MATE desktop, it just
suits me best.
If you want the old-school Windows look, it's real easy to get Xfce
looking just the way you wa
On 2015-07-03 12:57, Nikkita Miles wrote:
> New to Fedora OS use.
> Have windows 7 currently on laptop
> Want to install Fedora
> Need suggestion on best Fedora product to use
> Need suggestion on how to begin
> Need complete step thru process
> Real new to conversion process
If you don't alrea
On 07/03/2015 12:57 PM, Nikkita Miles wrote:
> New to Fedora OS use.
> Have windows 7 currently on laptop
you can leave windows & make it a dual-boot system if you want.. never
know when you might NEED windows...
> Want to install Fedora
> Need suggestion on best Fedora product to use
there is no
On Fri, 2015-07-03 at 12:57 -0400, Nikkita Miles wrote:
> New to Fedora OS use.
> Have windows 7 currently on laptop
> Want to install Fedora
> Need suggestion on best Fedora product to use
> Need suggestion on how to begin
> Need complete step thru process
> Real new to conversion process
http
New to Fedora OS use.
Have windows 7 currently on laptop
Want to install Fedora
Need suggestion on best Fedora product to use
Need suggestion on how to begin
Need complete step thru process
Real new to conversion process
Thanks
Nikkita
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