Re: Fwd: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system

186282@ud0s4.net wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

   Things like Acronis and Macrium ... I've had many successes
   AND a few 'dumpster fires'. Sorry, nothing's perfect for every
   possible need.
>
   To clear space for Linux, do a FULL backup of yer Win
   partition, format/partition the HDD, then use the
   restore options to 'make it fit' the now-smaller
   Win partition. This USUALLY works.
>
   In any case, it's NOT as easy as in the 'old days' - and
   I still suspect that's intentional.
>
   IF possible, the secondary disk really IS the easiest
   way to go. Even 250gb is usually more than enough for
   most any sane -IX distro to work with unless you're
   storing huge videos locally.

Hmmm, I recently bought a mini PC with Win 11. I booted to Windows,
immediately used the built-in Disk Manager to shrink the Windows
partition. Then I installed Debian.

Pretty straightforward.

I can develope my apps in Linux, then boot to Windows to fix any issues that
occur on that platform.

Also, you can have a useable Linux system in 64 Gb. Mine has a lot of software,
about 30 Gb for a Win 10 VM, and about 27 Gb worth of music, etc.

    /dev/sda5       349G  124G  208G  38% /

The mini PC is one of the cheaper models from Trycoo. For my usage, its speed
is quite sufficient. And all for a price not much more than a standalone
Windows license.

Architecture:                         x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):                       32-bit, 64-bit
Address sizes:                        39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
Byte Order:                           Little Endian
CPU(s):                               4
On-line CPU(s) list:                  0-3
Vendor ID:                            GenuineIntel
Model name:                           Intel(R) N100
CPU family:                           6
Model:                                190
Thread(s) per core:                   1
Core(s) per socket:                   4

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