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Siduction Forum => Installation - Support => Topic started by: eQuacky on 2012/01/01, 20:00:10
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Hi folks,
wanted to install siduction on my drive, yet no more partition free.
Allocation as follows:
sda1 - SYSTEM_DRV
sda2 - Windows7_OS
sda3 - Lenovo_Recovery
sda4 - Aptosid
Is it possible to delete system_drv without any harm?
Hardware Lenovo R500 and grub2. Sadly my wife needs win for just one app that ain't run in linux.
Thanks in advance
thomas
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Is it possible to delete system_drv without any harm?
No, then your windows is gone.
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System_drv partition is the Lenovo factory recovery partition and is probably about 1.17gb in size, it contains the boot files required for windows 7 to boot. If you delete it, windows 7 will not be able to boot.
I had this in my notes and I think I got it from
www.sevenforums.com you can search the forums for more info or just use google
1) Make a system repair disk (not the R&R disk). I think you can make it from the Backup restore console.
System Repair Disc - Create
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2083-system-repair-disc-create.html?ltr=S
Alternatively, you can download a copy from Download Windows 7 System Recovery Discs — The NeoSmart Files.
http://systemdiscs.com/?utm_source=neosmart&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=Win7_Recovery
The above is no longer free (The NeoSmart Files)
2) In Disk Management, mark the Windows 7 partition active by right clicking on it. Reboot.
3) On reboot, you'll get an error. Insert your repair disk and do a startup repair.
Startup Repair
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html
You may need to run Startup repair upto 3 times.
That should fix the boot and make windows boot up properly.
After that, you should be able to delete the system_drv partition. When you go back to Disk managemrnt, system_drv partition would no longer be labelled SYSTEM or ACTIVE.
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Just make the 4th partition "Extended" type, and then make your logical partitions inside that. So you could have (for example):
sda1 - SYSTEM_DRV
sda2 - Windows7_OS
sda3 - Lenovo_Recovery
sda4 - {Extended}
sda5 "/" aptosid
sda6 swap
sda7 "/home"
BUT -- Use the Windows 7 "disk manager" utility to shrink the Win 7 partition first, NOT Gparted! After you do that, then you can use GParted to make the 4th partition.
EDIT: --- Upppps, sorry Piper!
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thanks to you guys,
that's what I've feared.
@piper
yesterday I googled as well sevenforums and found two threads describing the defenitely nonbooting of windows.
@dibl
that was my configuration before on previous laptop. Your hint with disk manager hasn't worked for me when I installed sidux year ago, so I'd used gparted and second or third attempt did the job.
greetz
thomas