Shrinking Partitions

Matt1234 · 08-25-2008, 11:24 PM

If I try to shrink my XP partition to make room for Linux, could the shrink cause data loss or will it refuse to shrink further than the last bit of data on the disk?

**wmorri** · 08-26-2008, 07:11 AM

You shouldn't be able to shrink your partition any smaller then all the room that is already taken up. If that makes any sense. When you partition your hdd, if you know what you are doing then you can create the linux ext2/3 and swap partitions. However, if you aren't familiar with them then I would wait for the default installer to do it.

Cheers!

Matt1234 · 08-26-2008, 12:18 PM

Hi,
Thanks for your reply.

Does defragmenting before either manually or using the installer to edit partition sizes mean that more resizing space is available?

**wmorri** · 08-28-2008, 07:36 AM

Defraging shouldn't make that much of a differnce. It may open up a few mbs her and there but it shouldn't affect the partitioned space.

Cheers!

08-25-2008, 11:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
Matt1234 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 130 OS: XP Home SP2	Shrinking Partitions If I try to shrink my XP partition to make room for Linux, could the shrink cause data loss or will it refuse to shrink further than the last bit of data on the disk?

08-26-2008, 07:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
wmorri Moderator/Fedora Amb. Join Date: May 2008 Location: /pm/etc Posts: 2,814 OS: Window 7/Fedora 10 My System	Re: Shrinking Partitions You shouldn't be able to shrink your partition any smaller then all the room that is already taken up. If that makes any sense. When you partition your hdd, if you know what you are doing then you can create the linux ext2/3 and swap partitions. However, if you aren't familiar with them then I would wait for the default installer to do it. Cheers! __________________ Linux Forever!

08-26-2008, 12:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
Matt1234 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 130 OS: XP Home SP2	Re: Shrinking Partitions Hi, Thanks for your reply. Does defragmenting before either manually or using the installer to edit partition sizes mean that more resizing space is available?

08-28-2008, 07:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
wmorri Moderator/Fedora Amb. Join Date: May 2008 Location: /pm/etc Posts: 2,814 OS: Window 7/Fedora 10 My System	Re: Shrinking Partitions Defraging shouldn't make that much of a differnce. It may open up a few mbs her and there but it shouldn't affect the partitioned space. Cheers! __________________ Linux Forever!