bondmatt
July 13th, 2009, 02:45 AM
I dont think I will be brave enough to do this for a while if it would work but I am curious enough to ask. Can I remove the Vista backup partition on my hard drive and give the space to linux without a complete reinstall of Vista? I dont really mind reinstalling Ubuntu. Right now I have a 320gb hard drive with a 225gb Vista partition, a 75gb Ubuntu partition and a 20gb Vista backup partition (rough estimates on sizes).
Can that partition even go without 'terminating' vista (said PCLinux: 'hasta la vista, Vista')? Last time I took out Vista (by installing PCLinux) that backup partition did not back me up in any way. I called upon it in my hour of need only to be left on my own. Luckily, I didnt put all my eggs in one basket and had made back-up-discs which were actually useful. However, I have lots of engineering software in Vista (CAD programs, FEA software, etc.) that were legally obtained (student versions) and I suspect that I would have a great deal of trouble reinstalling them.
What about the bios options? My bios doesnt seem to have an settings that can be edited.
Any enlightenment would be appreciated,
- Matt Bondy
Can that partition even go without 'terminating' vista (said PCLinux: 'hasta la vista, Vista')? Last time I took out Vista (by installing PCLinux) that backup partition did not back me up in any way. I called upon it in my hour of need only to be left on my own. Luckily, I didnt put all my eggs in one basket and had made back-up-discs which were actually useful. However, I have lots of engineering software in Vista (CAD programs, FEA software, etc.) that were legally obtained (student versions) and I suspect that I would have a great deal of trouble reinstalling them.
What about the bios options? My bios doesnt seem to have an settings that can be edited.
Any enlightenment would be appreciated,
- Matt Bondy