[xubuntu-users] 14.10 installation doesn't see existing Windows 7

[Chris Green]

On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 10:48:23PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Dec 2014 15:29:56 -0600
> terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2) Use gparted LiveCD to resize and / or delete partitions as needed.
> > See: http://gparted.org/download.php
> 
> I would be careful with resizing a Windows install using gparted,
> perhaps it's not completely safe to do it with gparted.
> 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowtoResizeWindowsPartitions#Immediately_Reboot_Windows_After_Shrinking_Partition 
> 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowtoResizeWindowsPartitions#Problems
> 
> AFAIR gparted worked for me sometimes, but also irreparable damaged a
> Windows install. Btw. IMO there's nearly no reason to keep a Windows
> install, resp. usually if a Windows install really is needed, running
> it as guest in a VM likely is the better way to go.
> 
I've run Windows as a VirtualBox guest for many years but there are
still a couple of things that demand a 'real' Windows system.  In
particular Garmin SatNav updates don't work in VirtualBox.  There are
also some WiFi/Mifi dongles that need a real Windows.

-- 
Chris Green