Linux noob here. Usually in Windows if I have a 1TB SSD, I make a 250GB partition for Windows and all of its things and I use the rest for a second partition where I install my stuff and store my files.

Usually in case Windows decides to go belly up, I still have my files. In more than 20 years it has never happened but I’ve always done it like that. I mean if Windows goes bad, I can still remove the drive and insert it into a different PC and copy my files away.

Should I shrink Partition 3 and make another one? Or keep it as it is? If I would, I read that I need to boot with a live usb to be able to shrink it. What kind of partition would I make?

  • atlasraven31
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    1 year ago

    I’ve heard the same but I went with the defaults as a n00b. Ubuntu made me create a /swap and other sub directories.

    • pinchcramp@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Is the screenshot you posted from Ubuntu or Pop!_OS? Because partition 4 is a swap partition.

      But I agree with mudeth, having a system partition and a dedicated /home one is a decent setup.