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Figure 3.1 Possible Options for Windows Partitions
If you select Delete Windows Completely, the Windows partition is marked for deletion
and the space is used for the installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise.
WARNING: Deleting Windows
If you delete Windows, all data will be lost beyond recovery as soon as the
formatting starts.
To Shrink the Windows partition, you need to interrupt the installation and boot Windows
to prepare before shrinking it. For all Windows file systems, proceed as follows:
1. Deactivate a Virtual Memory file, if there is one.
2. Run scandisk.
3. Run defrag.
After these preparations, restart the SUSE Linux Enterprise installation. When you turn
to the Linux partitioning setup, select Shrink Windows Partition. After a quick check
of the partition, YaST opens a dialog with a suggestion for resizing the Windows parti-
tion.
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