Hello!
Like I said, it is possible, but somewhat labor-intensive. Yes, all this IS confusing, and even more so for me to try and explain it all in a form that most people will understand. I'm just glad that gold_finger has done such a good job at getting some of it incorporated into the user manual.
On the desktop, it looks like you're working with an 80 GB drive here that has not yet had its Windows partition reduced in size to make room for Linux Lite, as you seem to have very little unallocated space to work with.
If you haven't done so already, start by running Disk Defragmenter in Windows 7, to congregate the data so that changes can be made safely. After that, if you can, back up the ENTIRE desktop drive.
You can use with Redo Backup, which boots from its own LiveCD or LiveUSB. This will give you an exact copy of what you had, so you can restore it if something goes haywire on you.
Afterwards, boot the desktop into LL using a LiveCD/LiveUSB, then use 'Partition Drives' (GPartEd) in the System Menu on the LiveCD to make enough allocated space to hold a Linux Lite system. We'll proceed further from there.
The most difficult decision will be how much space you want to leave behind for Windows 7, and how much you want for LL. IMHO, 80 GB is a little small for a shared system.
I'd try all this on a new, bigger drive. Then, you will have the original intact, in case something goes haywire. But then again, that's just my opinion...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Like I said, it is possible, but somewhat labor-intensive. Yes, all this IS confusing, and even more so for me to try and explain it all in a form that most people will understand. I'm just glad that gold_finger has done such a good job at getting some of it incorporated into the user manual.
On the desktop, it looks like you're working with an 80 GB drive here that has not yet had its Windows partition reduced in size to make room for Linux Lite, as you seem to have very little unallocated space to work with.
If you haven't done so already, start by running Disk Defragmenter in Windows 7, to congregate the data so that changes can be made safely. After that, if you can, back up the ENTIRE desktop drive.
You can use with Redo Backup, which boots from its own LiveCD or LiveUSB. This will give you an exact copy of what you had, so you can restore it if something goes haywire on you.
Afterwards, boot the desktop into LL using a LiveCD/LiveUSB, then use 'Partition Drives' (GPartEd) in the System Menu on the LiveCD to make enough allocated space to hold a Linux Lite system. We'll proceed further from there.
The most difficult decision will be how much space you want to leave behind for Windows 7, and how much you want for LL. IMHO, 80 GB is a little small for a shared system.
I'd try all this on a new, bigger drive. Then, you will have the original intact, in case something goes haywire. But then again, that's just my opinion...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
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