Drive partitions and dualbooting Windows / L. Mint ?

[fossil summit]

It does not matter what tool you use to split the partitions

[hoary parrot]

good to know at least

[fossil summit]

you have to cut from the disc to give to the partition that you will install mint on

and yes you can install multiple distros on different partitions but that can mess up some things so be careful

• you will have to change the type of the partition to ext4 when you install linux so make sure you backed up all your files else where (or on another partition) as that will format that partition

[hoary parrot]

gotcha

if i install linux in the C drive, do i still have access to the E drive when i use linux? whether i make a parition curated specifically for data i got from using linux or not

[fossil summit]

Linux Mint Have A Live Session (Boots From USB Before Installing) That You Can Manage Partitions Quickly On Before Installing

And Yes You Can Access All Partitions Normally

The Only Problem Is That Linux Will Not Mount NTFS Partitions (Windows Ones And The Ones You Didn't Convert To ext4) Automatically, So You Have To Do That

[hoary parrot]

nice, thank you for all this then :)

i've tried partitioning like so with Macrorit Partition Expert, where Disk 0 (at the top) will have its C drive be for windows and the L drive be for linux, as given by the label

Disk 1 has two partitions, one for windows storage and one for linux mint storage. while the linux drives/partitions arent in ext4 atm, does this seem like a good setup for the drives?

[fossil summit]

Bro Just Boot Up Linux From The USB, It Has GParted By Default Which Is Much Easier

Also There will be a 500MB Partition For Booting That You Will Have To Create When You Install Mint