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The time has come: how do I safely resize the C: partition and move Linux to that disk? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/linux4noobs

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It may be too much to ask but here it goes:

I have temporarily installed LMDE6 on an HDD where I had a bit of free space, worked with it, experienced Steam with Proton and now I am convinced: I want to move to Linux from Windows for good.

Have another disk, an SSD in which most of the space is taken up by the Windows C: partition. Would like to move Linux there after shrinking the Windows partition a bit more than what it currently occupies now.

I have tried to do this with Paragon on Windows, but after restarting no change can be seen, despite no error being presented. Tried from Linux with GParted but all attempts end up with an error when running ntfsresize.

What do I use to do this and how do I do it safely? 2.How do I move the content of my current Linux partition (less than 50 GBs) to that disk keeping the bootloader and everything else working? And what filesystem is best to use?

Thank you in advance for your help!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The partitions where I have my OS contain just that. All programs and media/data are not there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, it's a good way to do it. I still rather use external. That way if anything corrupts my internal drives or my GPU plug lights on fire (like the horror stories I've been hearing about some of the newer GPUs) then at least my personal files are saved and completely separate.

As a bonus, I have it in a fireproof safe. Hopefully its insulated enough where it won't heat the drive up too much if I ever had a fire in my apartment.