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    Windows OS Partition

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by KashMoney, Jul 14, 2015.

  1. KashMoney

    KashMoney Notebook Geek

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    I just bought a laptop with a 128gb SSD and a 1tb hdd. I was wondering if it is possible for having the 128gb ssd just be the OS and hold my games while the 1tb would be storage for everything else. Is that possible.


    Also i plan on putting Ubuntu on it, so can i split the ssd in half for purely os while having the hdd for storage.

    Thanks.
     
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  2. RCB

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    For Windows yes you can, just change the properties for location within the property tab. For Ubuntu I would assume there should be a way to do the same.

    I don't think there's any reason why you can't split the SSD except unless Ubuntu doesn't play nice. 128 GB is pretty small for an SSD... make sure you leave at least 20GB unallocated free space on the SSD.
     
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  3. Primes

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    You might want to look into how much room you'll need for Ubuntu. "1/2" of your ssd is really generous. I probably would set it about 20Gb considering linux doesn't eat as much space as windows, and the fact that linux has native NTFS support so it can read and write to your 1Tb drive without issue.
     
    Primes, Jul 15, 2015
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    Just a reminder if you loading Windows 8/8.1 with Ubuntu there been reports that Windows doesn't like this dual boot setup. So you should go to Ubuntu forum and talk to users on there about dual boot with Windows 8/8.1 and it's conflicts.
     
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  5. KashMoney

    KashMoney Notebook Geek

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    First off, its not the windows thats the problem its the motherboard. Many motherboards are UEFI instead of bios meaning it interacts with windows to block any other OS.

    Second: It is possible to undo this by taking legacy mode in the UEFI settings and thus allowing for a dual boot(legacy).

    So thats not a problem, especially since windows 10 does not have that same layout.
     
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    That is good. I also wanted to put my steam games on linux and put them on the ssd. Windows 10 is about 32gb(estimate) so the rest will be linux and steam for linux.
     
    KashMoney, Jul 15, 2015
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