With Windows you technically only need 1 partition, however you can use as many as you would like (I believe the max is 1 per drive letter, but I could be wrong about that). The recovery partition is exactly what it sounds like, it is where your recovery image is stored on your hard drive so that you can use the manufacturers tool to restore your computer back to factory default. If you have recovery media, and you've tested it to ensure that it works, than you could delete the recovery partition, but I always like to leave in case I lose my recovery disks or they get damaged.
-----Original message----- > From:Joe Shuttleworth <joes...@shaw.ca <mailto:joes...@shaw.ca> > > Sent: Tuesday 24th September 2013 22:54 > To: CLUG General <clug-talk@clug.ca <mailto:clug-talk@clug.ca> > > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Dual Install > > > How do I need to partition the hard drive: how many partitions do I need to > make primary for Windows 7 and Linux? If I install Windows 7 in one partition > will it partition itself? Would I need a Recovery partition if I have an > installation DVD? I'm not sure what that is used for. > > Running the Windows 7 on a virtual machine sounds interesting, I just don't > know if my computer would be up to that and whether I have the time to study > and set that up. > > Thanks > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TekBudda" <tekbu...@gmail.com <mailto:tekbu...@gmail.com> > > To: "CLUG General" <clug-talk@clug.ca <mailto:clug-talk@clug.ca> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 4:59:40 AM > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Dual Install > > I did something similar with a laptop I bought a year or so ago. Using > Windows 7 & Kubuntu. I don't believe I touched the recovery partitions > or anything like that. Everything went pretty smoothly actually until I > tried to view my partitions in Windows & they disappeared. I did lose > some data but it gave me a chance to re-visit & re-structure things. > > I set it up again & it was only recently (truthfully no sure when) that > I lost access to my Windows 7 partition & am not 100% on in the Kubuntu > side. It could have been an update or something else. Not sure why > because I am not sure when it happened. > > I did try to set-up a shared partition between the two with the hope of > using the same Thunderbird (and others) profile information from both. > I think I also set-up the partitions as fairly minimal at first (i.e. > 100 GB or so) & then when re -did it split things a bit more equitably > based on my usage...so about 250 GB for Windows & the rest Linux. > > I am looking to re-install things on the laptop but this time I will > likely make a full Linux partition & likely with Windows 7 as a virtual > machine. I still want to try to be able to share information between > the two though so will need to look into how to do that more effectively > then I have in the past. > > > > On 13-09-23 08:00 PM, Joe Shuttleworth wrote: > > I have a laptop with Windows 7 installed and would like to install Linux > > with it. I have the following partitions: > > 15G recovery partition > > 100M system partition > > 625G C: > > All these are ntfs filesystems and primary partitions > > > > From what I understand I need to shrink the C: and install Linux in extra > > space. Do I need to do anything with the other partitions? Is there > > anything I need to do to prepare for this? I have dual booted with Linux > > and XP, but not with any other Windows. I have downloaded SystemRescueCd > > from http://www.sysresccd.org <http://www.sysresccd.org> / > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > clug-talk@clug.ca <mailto:clug-talk@clug.ca> > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > <http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca> > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php > > <http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php> ) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca <mailto:clug-talk@clug.ca> > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > <http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca> > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php > <http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php> ) > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca <mailto:clug-talk@clug.ca> > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > <http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca> > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php > <http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php> ) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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