Can Windows 7 tolerate changes in partition sizes?

[Mark Lane]

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Kevin Cozens <kevin-4dS5u2o1hCn3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Greetings, all.
>
> 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.
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You should be able to resize the partition gparted but often you will
need to run chkdsk /f on the drive after the resize to fix any
problems with it. You can run chkdsk from the windows rescue boot.

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