I don't know if this is where to get tech support.

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

Stephen wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> I downloaded a partitioner from the internet and burned it to disk and 
> it worked fine. I started over again and I discovered that the reason 
> that the computer took 45 at 88% was because I had inadvertently 
> clicked on import user documents from windows. It was importing 90 
> gigs of files from the windows "My Documents" area
>
> I gave it 120 gigs because I am thinking of switching completely to 
> linux, but I want to test it first. There are supposedly emulators 
> that I can get to play the few windows games I like to play on a linux 
> system.
>
> Thanks again;
> Stephen


Thanks for your feed back, I'm very happy it worked.

Since you can read Windows formatted partitions from Linux, it is not 
mandatory to import all your personal data, just convenient, eventually. 
Since you have plenty of HD space, let your original OS remain available 
in the disk, just in case, while you get acquainted with Ubuntu. Since 
you already used Gparted, you know that you can mess with your disk at 
will (providing you have some kind of backup) and resize your partitions 
according to your needs (last time I messed with a NTFS I lost it).

As for the games, the alternatives depend on how much a "serious gamer" 
you are. A heavy game software surely will not play as nice over an 
emulator.

For old games there is Dos Box Emulator, for not so old ones, Wine and 
for the real thing VirtualBox, although not an emulator, the second best 
thing to run the "other" OS.

But I'm not a gamer...

Regards,

L.

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