Partitioning a hard drive

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I'm trying to put LL on a Windows XP computer and I'm not given the option to install LL alongside XP.

That usually happens if your hard drive already has 4 primary partitions on it.  That's the limit, but we might be able to get around that depending on the situation.

Boot back up with your live LL CD, open a terminal and post back with the output from this command:

Code:

sudo parted -l

(NOTE:  the command end with a lowercase letter "L", not the number 1.)

That will show the current partition structure on your drive and we can figure out how to proceed once we see those results.

Also, open up GParted partitioning program (Menu -> System -> Partition Drives) and take a screenshot of the drive when it loads into the GParted window.  To take a screenshot either hit <PrtScrn> on keyboard or go to Menu -> Accessories -> Screenshot.  Post that screenshot back here also.  Don't do anything else with GParted for now -- just close it out once you take the screenshot.

See this post for how to post the terminal output and screenshots to the forum:  https://www.freecinema2022.gq/forums/index...opic=487.0

In meantime, while waiting for further replies you can do some preparation work.  Boot into Windows XP, open Disk Management and defragment the drive.  If we end up needing to shrink any partitions, defragmenting will need to be done first and will improve effectiveness of shrinking operation.