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List:       fedora-list
Subject:    Re: shrinking Windows C: drive to make room for Linux
From:       Neal Becker <ndbecker2 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2023-08-04 12:50:35
Message-ID: CAG3t+pE_eGLa4PMyf_XyShXKfSUy9H7PrfmfGM1BAVutVaVj9A () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 11:52 PM Tim via users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org>
wrote:

> On Thu, 2023-08-03 at 18:32 -0400, Neal Becker wrote:
> > I just went through this to install Fedora on my wife's laptop.  I
> > tried the windows shrink, but it would only free up 128MB of the 60GB
> > that should have been available.  I followed elaborate instructions
> > to tell windows not to use a paging file, and also turned off some
> > other feature that uses hidden space, but never got windows to free
> > up more than 128MB.  I gave up and stole the recovery partition,
> > which was 18GB.  Not much, but good enough for now.
>
> Asking the obvious:  Was the drive defragmented?
>
> I can't recall if I tried that.

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<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" \
class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 11:52 PM Tim via users &lt;<a \
href="mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org">users@lists.fedoraproject.org</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Thu, 2023-08-03 at \
18:32 -0400, Neal Becker wrote:<br> &gt; I just went through this to install Fedora \
on my wife&#39;s laptop.   I<br> &gt; tried the windows shrink, but it would only \
free up 128MB of the 60GB<br> &gt; that should have been available.   I followed \
elaborate instructions<br> &gt; to tell windows not to use a paging file, and also \
turned off some<br> &gt; other feature that uses hidden space, but never got windows \
to free<br> &gt; up more than 128MB.   I gave up and stole the recovery \
partition,<br> &gt; which was 18GB.   Not much, but good enough for now. <br>
<br>
Asking the obvious:   Was the drive defragmented?<br>
<br></blockquote></div>I can&#39;t recall if I tried that.</div>


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