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On Sunday 26 Jul 2015 15:35:15 gottlieb@×××.edu wrote: |
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> The system came with windows 7 on the whole disk 500GB. To shrink it to |
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> 50 takes work as there are "unmovable" files in the middle (the "" are |
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> there since you must actually moved them). Anyway I didn't try but |
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> simply removed the big partition (I left the "dell" partition and the |
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> windows recovery partition). I then installed linux (an error) leaving |
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> a partition for windows. |
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OK, this is your problem: |
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The Dell partition is a FAT partition, in which Dell installs some recovery |
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utilities which we do not need for now. |
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The Windows Recovery partition is the NTFS boot partition for the MSWindows |
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OS, which itself resides in the (originally) 3rd large NTFS partition. In the |
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2nd partition you should find a ./Boot/BCD file, which is the MSWindows boot |
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manager. When you look at it with BCDedit you will find the kernel entry |
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which loads the OS from the 3rd partition. You will notice that the 3rd |
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partition is specified as a UUID and this is what is causing your problem. If |
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you change the 3rd partition either in size, or in position, you *must* obtain |
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its new UUID and edit the BCD file with this new string, before your system is |
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able to boot again. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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