[ILUG] Dual Boot hp dx2420

[Ger Hooton]

Thanks Conor 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Conor Wynne <mariconor at gmail.com>
To: g.hooton at ucc.ie
Cc: ilug at linux.ie <ilug at linux.ie>
Subject: Re: [ILUG] Dual Boot hp dx2420
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 22:25:30 +0000

Parted can resize your windows "C" drive, and then you can install
linux on the free space.

Windows will automagically fsck a few times assuming its a win7
install to correct the fs post shrink.

Any recent distro will be able to do this for you.

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Ger Hooton <g.hooton at ucc.ie> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Can anyone tell me how to setup a hp dx2420 as a Linux/Windows dual
> boot. All I have is HP Restore Plus and the Windows OS dvd. How do I
> re-partition the Hard Drive so I can have both Windows and Linux. I know
> how to do this on other systems but the hp uses the HP Restore Plus???
>
>
> //Ger
>
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