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    Using Gparted to partition Thinkpad

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by HclBr, Dec 29, 2007.

  1. HclBr

    HclBr Notebook Geek

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    I have a 60GB HD in my thinkpad which also contains the hidden recovery partition. I want to make a 10 GB partition using gparted. Is it safe to use gparted to partition the hd even though it contains the hidden recovery partition? Thanks
     
    HclBr, Dec 29, 2007
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    psincubus Notebook Enthusiast

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    I think you will be fine. when you run gparted, it will detect two partitions, the hidden one (about 5 GB for me) and the other one. You'll want to resize the other one and create the 10 GB with that.

    I had to do something similar when I installed Ubuntu 7.10 as a dual boot option.

    Also, you should defragment your disk before running gparted.
     
    psincubus, Dec 29, 2007
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  3. BaldwinHillsTrojan

    BaldwinHillsTrojan Notebook Evangelist

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    Vista has a native partition manager.
     
    BaldwinHillsTrojan, Dec 29, 2007
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    writehog Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am new to using the Native Vista partition. Can someone provide me with some help or doc posted on the web. I have 120GB HDD i want to split into 2 partions.

    Thankyou
     
    writehog, Dec 29, 2007
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  5. HclBr

    HclBr Notebook Geek

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    But Xp pro doesn't xD
     
    HclBr, Dec 29, 2007
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    BaldwinHillsTrojan, Dec 29, 2007
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