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Figure 3.5 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, interrupt the installation and boot Windows to prepare
the partition from there. Although this step is not strictly required for FAT partitions,
it speeds up the resizing process and also makes it safer. These steps are vital for NTFS
partitions.
FAT File System
In Windows, first run scandisk to make sure that the FAT partition is free of lost
file fragments and crosslinks. After that, run defrag to move files to the beginning
of the partition. This accelerates the resizing procedure in Linux.
If you have optimized virtual memory settings for Windows so a contiguous swap
file is used with the same initial (minimum) and maximum size limit, consider an-
other step. With these Windows settings, the resizing might split the swap file into
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