(K)ubuntu @ Asus Eee PC 1001HA - request for advise.

[Kaj Haulrich]

Bas Roufs wrote:
> It would be interesting to try to get an answer to the following
> question: what exactly has caused such a difference with respect to
> the outcome of different qparted partitioning attempts - while trying
> to maintain a shrinked Win7 partition? Did you, Kaj, have your bad
> luck at a netbook?Is there anything else we need to take into account?
>   
 
Well, maybe I shrinked the Windows partition too much when I installed 
the Ubuntu. It appears that Windows7 has some "un-movable" files located 
near the center of the NTFS partition, and the linux partitioner doesn't 
respect this. Anyway, when I restarted Windows7, all icons were blank, 
shorcuts did not work etc., etc..

When using the built-in partitioner under Windows7 one can actually see 
those un-movable files, and when ordering it to shrink as much as 
possible it preserves them at the very end of the new, smaller partition.

And yes, I did all of the above on two netbooks - an Acer One and an 
Akoya (Medion) - both with the same specs as your Asus, as well as on 
two laptops (Thinkpads).

At the end of the day, why keep this Windows7 partition? Unless you're a 
gamer, scuttle it and use the space for something useful...

Kaj Haulrich.
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