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   Xnitro67 Corporal

   im trying to see what linux is all about was going to dual boot with windows 8 but i cant shrink past 13,000MB (13GB) i figure it requires a bit of hard drive space to install like 20gb or 25gb. it does defrag by default weeklyso somewhere i have a file or something because i have 70% free space of my 650gb hard drive and yes this will be my first time using linux

    

   Xnitro67, Mar 2, 2013

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   plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

   I would not recommend starting a linux experiment on a windows 8 computer.
   
   http://www.h-online.com/open/featur...8-Fast-Startup-puts-data-at-risk-1780640.html
   Also google UEFI. There are work arounds but as a new linux explorer, starting on a windows 8 computer present problems that other versions od windows do not have. I'd advise to start easier and use an older version of windows to experiment with linux.

    

   plodr, Mar 3, 2013

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