11-08-2015, 06:28 PM
Boot from LL 2.6 DVD/USB. Open GParted program (Menu -> System -> GParted, or Partition Drives).
-- Right-click Swap partition and choose "Swapoff"
-- Right-click each partition and choose "Delete"
-- Click "Apply" button along top of GParted window, or go to Edit -> Apply All Operations to finalize the deletions.
At that point you'll have no partitions on drive. If you create an NTFS partition on the drive of the size that you want to allocate to Windows I'm guessing that Windows will then not take over the whole drive (therefore eliminate the need to shrink it after install). Still in GParted:
-- Click the "New" button along top to create a new partition. Make it "Primary", format "NTFS" and size = whatever you want it to be.
-- Click "Apply" button to finalize.
-- Leave rest of drive unformatted.
Install Windows and hopefully it let's you use the partition you made instead of taking up the whole drive. Then install LL -- it will use the unformatted space when you choose "Along side" install option. (See Help Manual for guidance.)
-- Right-click Swap partition and choose "Swapoff"
-- Right-click each partition and choose "Delete"
-- Click "Apply" button along top of GParted window, or go to Edit -> Apply All Operations to finalize the deletions.
At that point you'll have no partitions on drive. If you create an NTFS partition on the drive of the size that you want to allocate to Windows I'm guessing that Windows will then not take over the whole drive (therefore eliminate the need to shrink it after install). Still in GParted:
-- Click the "New" button along top to create a new partition. Make it "Primary", format "NTFS" and size = whatever you want it to be.
-- Click "Apply" button to finalize.
-- Leave rest of drive unformatted.
Install Windows and hopefully it let's you use the partition you made instead of taking up the whole drive. Then install LL -- it will use the unformatted space when you choose "Along side" install option. (See Help Manual for guidance.)
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