I plan to delete the Windows recovery partitions, as I've never used them (as far as I'm aware). If I reinstall, can I tell the install procedure to use the existing /Home partition, or will I have to create a new one and use some sleight of hand later to pick up the current one?

If I relocate the root partition will I need to make changes to the boot files (not an area I am very familiar with)?

Restore from a partition backup into the new location using Macrium Reflect Reinstall, and restore config settings etc from Timeshift/BackinTime backups (on a removeable disk).īoot under Windows and use Partition Wizard to move it I assume that I cannot do this on a running system! What's my best option? Is the is the best/safest option? Alternative would be to boot under Windows and do at least the NTFS partitions with Partition Wizard.Īt some point I will need to relocate the Linux root partition. I plan to use GParted to resize/relocate as much as possible. Linux has a separate /Home partition to separate out system and data as far as possible. The laptop is currently dual boot, Windows and Linux (Mint 20.2/Cinnamon). I plan to do this in place on the single hard disk, as there is sufficient space, albeit in the wrong places.

In order to do this I will need to resize/relocate several partitions. After a couple of weeks I feel sufficiently at home with Linux to contemplate reorganising my data to migrate most of it from NTFS to EXT4, to take advantage of Linux's snapshot backup capabilities and to reduce the overall number of partitions.

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