[GRLUG] partitioning help

[west mi]

I did that-
installed linux before I ran off the recovery discs
I'll get around that by installing win 7 like you got
the next time I gotta reprogram it
D

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Topher <topher at codeventure.net> wrote:

> A side point, did you make awindoz backup?
>>
>
> No, I don't have anything NEARLY the right size to hold what's on there.
>
> I do have a disc and license for win7 pro though.  If I really really hosed
> it, I could install that.
>
> Topher
>
>
>
>> Just asking. You're permitted one...
>>
>>     -- Bob
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Topher <topher at codeventure.net> wrote:
>>      Ok, you know that HP box I said I decided not to get?  I got it
>>      anyway.
>>
>>      It came with Win7 Home Premium on it.  I almost always dual boot
>>      my machines, and if they come with windows I like to leave the
>>      original install on it.  If nothing else then when it break I
>>      can have the repair guy see what he expects.
>>
>>      I'm starting to put LMDE on it, and I'm a bit stumped on the
>>      partitioning.
>>
>>      It's a 1T drive, and it comes with three partitions already on
>>      it.  In gparted it says the first is SYSTEM, and 100MiB.  The
>>      second is OS and 918.17 GiB, and the third is HP_RECOVERY,
>>      13.25GiB.
>>
>>      So I resized thhe big one down to 250G, leaving the rest to be
>>      chopped up for Linux.
>>
>>      Except you can't have more than 4 primary partitions.  AND
>>      gparted has "logical" greyed out as a partition type.
>>
>>      What to do?  Is the lack of a logical option LMDE's fault?  If I
>>      booted from that gparted live distro would it let me do it?  Do
>>      I need to bite the bullet and wipe out the HP_RECOVERY
>>      partition?
>>
>>      Save me GRLUG....kenobe.... you're my only hope!
>>
>>      Topher
>>
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