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What Rindi said however my preference for dual boot is to add a new harddisk to the mix
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What Rindi said however my preference for dual boot is to add a new harddisk to the mix

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&gt;&gt; &nbsp;I want to shrink harddisk for 20 gb space &nbsp; &lt;&lt;&nbsp; open disk manager and select the disk properties<br />
now select Shrink Volume and put in the desired size
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>>  I want to shrink harddisk for 20 gb space   <<  open disk manager and select the disk properties
now select Shrink Volume and put in the desired size

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Hi,<br />
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I have 250gb harddisk. and have data on it.<br />
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I want to shrink harddisk for 20 gb space and then use this partition for make bootable with windows 8.<br />
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But this should not harm my data which is laying on another space.<br />
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suggestion please.<br />
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thanks.
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Hi,

I have 250gb harddisk. and have data on it.

I want to shrink harddisk for 20 gb space and then use this partition for make bootable with windows 8.

But this should not harm my data which is laying on another space.

suggestion please.

thanks.

make usb harddisk bootable for windows 8

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Windows 8

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