[ubuntu-uk] Problems with a freezing machine: All kernels in 12.04 and 13.04

[Liam Proven]

On 22 August 2013 14:36, James Morrissey <morrissey.james1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a windows partition on my HDD, but only really keep it there so that
> i can run the BIOS update utility from Lenovo. The partition is only really
> big enough to do that - i am not sure i could fit a LibreOffice or even
> anti-virus install on the space that is there. Thus i can't do much that is
> productive in windows - which is fine as i don't use it for anything -
> meaning that testing this is a time waster. Thus while i could test this i
> would happily first see if the driver fix resolves it first.
>
> Will hold out on this and if nothing else works, sit on windows for a day
> this weekend...

GParted will allow you to resize it a little.

Also, you could give Windows a data partition on the end of the drive
and move your Documents folder there. Also give it a general clear-out
- empty the bin, empty the Temp folders in \Windows and your home
folder; disable hibernation; disable the swap file (or move it to the
data drive). That should buy you a few free gig.

(I wrote an article with a few tips here:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1004689/how-to-give-a-tired-old-pc-a-spring-clean
)

Ninite.com is very useful for quickly, cleanly installing a whole
selection of freeware/FOSS Windows apps to get you up and running.


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