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12 Start-Up<br />

Figure 1.2 Possible Options for Windows Partitions<br />

If you select Delete Windows Completely, the Windows partition is marked for deletion<br />

and the space is used for the installation <strong>of</strong> <strong>SUSE</strong> Linux.<br />

WARNING: Deleting Windows<br />

If you delete Windows, all data will be lost beyond recovery as soon as the<br />

formatting starts.<br />

To shrink the Windows partition, interrupt the installation and boot Windows to prepare<br />

the partition from there. Although this step is not strictly required for FAT partitions,<br />

it speeds up the resizing process and also makes it safer. These steps are vital for NTFS<br />

partitions.<br />

FAT File System<br />

In Windows, first run scandisk to make sure that the FAT partition is free <strong>of</strong> lost<br />

file fragments and crosslinks. After that, run defrag to move files to the beginning<br />

<strong>of</strong> the partition. This accelerates the resizing procedure in Linux.<br />

If you have optimized virtual memory settings for Windows so a contiguous swap<br />

file is used with the same initial (minimum) and maximum size limit, consider another<br />

step. With these Windows settings, the resizing might split the swap file into

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