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Installing Ubuntu alongside Windows 7: Is the default partitioning acceptable?

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I am very new to Linux but keen to learn. I am moderately happy to use command line etc although I will not understand what I am typing (yet). I have previously used Ubuntu but not gone into any command line stuff.

I will be doing an install of Win 7 then installing Ubuntu.

My question: I see that the Ubuntu installer will now auto detect the Win7 installation, and will offer to install alongside. Partitioning is done by dragging a slider between a single win partition and a single Ubuntu partition.

Is this an OK way to do things, or is it very sub-optimal such that you would recommend manual partitioning (to setup /swap etc manually)?

Thanks :)

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answered 2 Years ago clegian · Accepted Answer

The default partitioning arrangement is probably not much good. It isn't that much harder to create partitions manually. It's good to know exactly what is going on.

It's probably better to use GParted for partitioning. It can be found on the Ubuntu LiveCD (choose the Try Ubuntu option), or on a special GParted LiveCD, or on KNOPPIX, or just about anything else.

It is safe to shrink NTFS partitions in GParted, although it is best to run CHKDSK and make some backups before doing so.

Here is a partitioning scheme that worked for me. You can add a /home partition to it if you want to - I have managed without one.

Swap needs to be at least as big as your RAM. / (root) can be around 32GB, but definitely more than 16GB.

Before installing Ubuntu, reboot into Windows once or twice, possibly run CHKDSK again - this is to ensure that Windows fixes any issues.

After this, install Ubuntu; no need to resize anything in the installer.