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Partition etc for clean install of Win 7 pro
I am new to re partitioning drives and reinstalling OS over existing OS so I need some advise:
Currently I have a fairly new computer running Win Vista 32 bit. I have 2 HDD. 400G C drive and 1T E drive. I would like to install win 7 Pro 64 bit on my C drive. Before installing Win 7 ,There is not much user data in this computer. ( ex no mail , a few favorites etc) I can easily redo it again but I will migrate my personal data /settings etc to E drive using the Vista Easy Transfer program just as a backup .
a) I would like to repartiton C : into 3 parts C drive: Win7 OS + program files , D drive: User Data E drive: Linux .
Should I use the Vista Disk Management tool for this? ie shrink the partition to free up space , then reshrink the free space again to make the 3rd partition or should I use a 3rd party s/w ? Would the freed up partitions still be NTFS formatted?
How much HDD space should I allocate to c drive for Win 7 Pro OS and Programs files ? I know that Windows Vista uses up a lot of HDD space for Restore ! I would probably need no more than 30G for Linux . Anyway what would be a appropriate division of the 400G HDD for the above?
b) Do I need to reformat the reduced space C drive ie cleanout Vista before installing Win 7 or does the installation process automatically do it.
Thanks
Last edited by sportflyer; 15 Jan 2010 at 18:05. Reason: typo