Can Windows 7 tolerate changes in partition sizes?

[E K]

--- On Thu, 2/17/11, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> From: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>
> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Can Windows 7 tolerate changes in partition sizes?
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Received: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 12:20 PM
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:58:18AM
> -0500, Kevin Cozens wrote:
> > My father has asked me about installing Linux on his
> computer. I'm not 
> > sure what sparked the request but I'm happy to set it
> up to dual boot. 
> > His computer is running Windows 7. I booted the
> machine using a live CD 
> > of Ubuntu and verified that everything appeared to be
> working including 
> > the printer and the WiFi adapter.
> >
> > My concern is about whether the OEM version of Windows
> 7 that came with 
> > the machine is going to complain about the change in
> partitions and/or 
> > partition sizes and think it may not be an authentic
> install of the MS 
> > OS.
> >
> > I am hoping it is ok but I read about issues with
> recent versions of 
> > Windows and how some (a few?) system changes can lead
> to requiring the 
> > purchase of a new copy of Windows as it will no longer
> accept its a valid 
> > copy running on the same system.
> 
> If you use windows itself to shrink the disk, it certainly
> won't complain.
> Other tools might upset the boot loader (which can then be
> fixed using
> a bootable windows 7 repair disk).
> 
> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows7/Create-a-system-repair-disc
> 
> Some installations can't do that for some reason, but there
> are plenty
> of iso images out there that people have put up that you
> can use.
> 
> So after resizing with something other than windows'
> storage manager, you
> would probably have to use the 'repair boot' option on the
> recovery disc.
> 
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> Len Sorensen
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Or you can install either Oracle's VirtualBox or VMWare server and install Linux as a guest system. By so doing you avoid dual booting all together and can switch between the OSes as you wish.

EK


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