On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 05:32:05PM -0700, John R Pierce wrote: > On 6/8/2015 5:21 PM, michael wright wrote: > >Hi I am running windows 7 professional and the lastest centos7 x86 now if I wish to partition the hard since I have 2TB harddrive what volume would I need to set that at many thanks mike > > > > windows 7 defaults to creating a partition on the entire disk and > leaving no free unpartitioned space. that leaves you with nowhere > to install anything else. > that's not hard to fix with the gparted live CD. 1. boot windows, defrag the partition(s). 2. shut down windows. 3. boot gparted live 4. in my experience the "main" windows partition is nearest the end, so using gparted, shrink it enough to leave adequate space for Centos. I won't go into how to use gparted, it's not hard, so you can surely figure it out (I did!:) 5. boot windows and let it do its thing with "repairing" the disk. 6. run your Centos installer, being sure NOT to let it mess with your windows partition(s). 7. see my other note about how to get it to dual boot with windows. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." ----------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 (niv) -----------------------------