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Home Partition. Instead of the default partition-based proposal, it is possible to Create
an LVM Based Proposal. Choose two times Next to proceed to the next step.
1.10.1.1 Resizing a Windows Partition
If the selected hard disk only contains a Windows FAT or NTFS partition, YaST offers
to delete or shrink this partition. If you select Delete Windows Completely, the Windows
partition is marked for deletion and the space is used for the installation of openSUSE.
WARNING: Deleting Windows
If you delete Windows, all data will be lost beyond recovery as soon as the
formatting starts.
To Shrink the Windows Partition, you need to interrupt the installation and boot Win-
dows to prepare the partition before shrinking it. For all Windows le systems, proceed
as follows:
1.
Deactivate a Virtual Memory le, if there is one.
2.
Run scandisk.
3.
Run defrag.
After these preparations, restart the openSUSE installation. When you turn to the parti-
tioning setup, proceed as before and select Shrink Windows Partition. After a quick
check of the partition, the dialog for resizing the Windows partition opens.
The bar graph shows how much disk space is currently occupied by Windows and how
much space is still available. To change the proposed settings use the slider or the input
elds to adjust the partition sizing.
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