[xubuntu-users] 14.10 installation doesn't see existing Windows 7

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 2 Dec 2014 15:29:56 -0600
terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2) Use gparted LiveCD to resize and / or delete partitions as needed.
> See: http://gparted.org/download.php

I would be careful with resizing a Windows install using gparted,
perhaps it's not completely safe to do it with gparted.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowtoResizeWindowsPartitions#Immediately_Reboot_Windows_After_Shrinking_Partition
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowtoResizeWindowsPartitions#Problems

AFAIR gparted worked for me sometimes, but also irreparable damaged a
Windows install. Btw. IMO there's nearly no reason to keep a Windows
install, resp. usually if a Windows install really is needed, running
it as guest in a VM likely is the better way to go.