On 09/03/2015 11:05 AM, rhubarbpieguy at gmail.com wrote: > > > * > > free space 1 MB > > * > > /dev/sda1 ntfs 1073 MB > > * > > /dev/sda2 efi 104 MB > > * > > /dev/sda3 ntfs 134 MB > > * > > /dev/sda4 ntfs 489243 MB > > * > > /dev/sda5 ntfs 9550 MB > > * > > free space 0 MB > > > I understand sda2 and assume sda4 is the main Windows partition. But what were sda3 and > sda5? Can I delete them? Can I resize sda4 during my Linux installation? > > I've not booted to Windows since 2002 and probably still won't after this experiment. > But I'd be interested in Linux users' input. > I think Windows makes a boot partition of its own these days - that is likely sda3 - I wouldn't delete that. Its tiny anyway. sda5 is likely a restoration partition of sorts - many system builders include a partition with a windows image on it, that can be used to rebuild windows from scratch if it goes south. Boot windows, and look in the partition manager it has - it will tell you what each of them are.