I have used the whole disk space for LinuxMint and the partition is encrypted and with LVM2.
I need Windows now for a job.
Free space 45 GB at the moment.
I tried to resize the partition to have space for a new NTFS partition for Windows but resizing is not possible with Disks and Gparted.
What to do? What options?
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Klaus
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inxi -Szxx from 2020 03 25
Also to others:
Is this possible without regret for me as a user not an Linux expert?
Will the running system still work?
How to make dual boot available then?
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Klaus
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inxi -Szxx from 2020 03 25
Well i am no expert but the recommended way is to install windows first and then linux.if this is possible u should do reinstallation with scratch
Now if u cant do that,there are many workarounds to get the job done ,and i think your system would be stable too[unless windows does something] but it is not recommended.
If possible can u buy a new hard drive?i think it will make things a lot easier and the chances of stability will increase too.[Equivalent to reinstallation]
First remove the Linux drive(Primary hdd/sdd) from the system ,
Buy a new(secondary) hdd/sdd and install windows on it as usual,
then plug both drives such that linux is primary drive and as soon as u will boot in linux it will automatically detect windows or u can do a update grub command
if not possible then u will have to do the partitioning then install windows but windows will delete grub ,then after install u have to boot into linux live medium and do grub commands or use boot repair
[If u want i am sure there are many people here who can help u do it conveniently and i can share my personal tips too dont worry]
P.s I also perform this dual bot ritual but i have not booted into windows for atleast 7 moths lol
Hm, I have one SSD in my laptop, no second one. I guess when just running Windows from a Windows live stick - if there is something like this - it will be very slow?
Also installing Windows on an external hard disc is slow I guess?
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inxi -Szxx from 2020 03 25
First of all there is no live "Windows" if i am correct
And Installing windows on a external hard drive is a bad idea.Does ur device support multiple hard drives
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inxi -Szxx from 2020 03 25
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inxi -Szxx from 2020 03 25
Wow, I see I would need to buy a product key for $139 from MS for Windows 10 Home ...
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inxi -Szxx from 2020 03 25
Wow, I see I would need to buy a product key for $139 from MS for Windows 10 Home ...
Hey wdym by this were you not aware of this before?is this a joke or somthing?
Nvm i have heard that u can uses free version i.e trial version and it will lack some feature(i think only a few regarding background or stuff) also u get a watermark of activating windows
Alternatively, download the win10 iso from MS and purchase a licence key via amazon, I've done that twice and it worked both times from different vendors. I paid £5 for the last one and £12 for the first one. Was surprised that the £5 one was a retail licence, the £12 one was a volume licence. Obviously taking a chance and maybe I've been lucky.
If you only have a short term or occasional need for win, I would not dual boot. Virtualbox is the way to go.
While I see the opportunities now according to your advice, with VirtualBox on the one hand, or reducing the size of the encrypted LVM2 partition with a Live stick before installing it alongside Linux on the other hand,
the only correct way to use Windows in my setting seems to buy Windows 10 from the store. I asked the project manager now if they have a special agreement with MS ...
However, I have learned from you and found some links about the intended use of Windows 10 licences.
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Klaus
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inxi -Szxx from 2020 03 25
I have tested starting with a Mint-Live-Stick, but also this way I do not have the option to resize the encyrypted LVM2 partition to get space for a new partition in order to install Windows alongside.
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Blessings, Klaus
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inxi -Szxx from 2020 03 25