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 LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, 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.
>
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