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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