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SalmonDesert

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Registered: 2025-03-08

Posts: 9

Terminal/Partitioning

I have 2 questions:
Could i safely close the terminal in the installation process if i didnt even go through the partitioning process yet?

Being my only OS, the windows partition takes up all the space on my drive even if i only used 100 gb out of the 250 avaitable on my ssd, am i supposted to shrink the windows (main) partition manually FROM windows if i wanna have the storage to create new linux partitions?
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I wanna run arch and windows in dual boot and i haven't been able to find much help in the wiki and guides

Last edited by SalmonDesert (2025-03-10 03:37:14)

eznix

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Registered: 2020-06-29

Posts: 30

Re: Terminal/Partitioning

Since you have not partitioned the disk from within Arch Linux, it should be safe to quit and reboot into Windows. If you need to shrink the Windows partition, that is best done within Windows. Also, if you have not found this page yet: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dual_boot_with_Windows - it might give some help setting up a dual boot with Windows.

I would highly suggest you play around installing Arch within a virtual machine before attempting to install on your real hard drive. You can install Virtualbox in Windows and get very comfortable with the Arch installation process before risking your working system.

SalmonDesert

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Registered: 2025-03-08

Posts: 9

Re: Terminal/Partitioning

Since you have not partitioned the disk from within Arch Linux, it should be safe to quit and reboot into Windows. If you need to shrink the Windows partition, that is best done within Windows. Also, if you have not found this page yet: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dual_boot_with_Windows - it might give some help setting up a dual boot with Windows.

I would highly suggest you play around installing Arch within a virtual machine before attempting to install on your real hard drive. You can install Virtualbox in Windows and get very comfortable with the Arch installation process before risking your working system.

Thank you so much for your answer! I did not follow that article as i saw a warning saying its accuracy has not been verified and i wanted to ask the community before proceding, appreciate your help!