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Selecting the Partition Size
The screen in Figure 136
asks us how much of the drive we want to use to create the partition.
Notice that at this point your keypad numbers will not work, and you’ll
need to use the numbers above the letter keys. That’s normal. Also,
you can use the backspace key to delete the default number, which is
just the maximum size of a partition on your hard drive.
Figure 136: Selecting a partition size Choose the size of the partition you desire and hit ENTER. If you only plan to install Windows XP, you can use the full amount as one partition. Save some unpartitioned space if you plan to install a Linux dual boot. Here, we created a partition of 2000 MB on our virtual drive. For XP, you’ll probably want at least 40000 MB (about 40 GB).
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We’ll make the partition
40 GB (about 40000 MB) or about half the available space. That’s
plenty of space for what we intend to do, and we’ll be using the
other half of the drive to install Linux later to give us a dual boot
operating system.
If you plan to use only one operating
system, or if you have a smaller hard drive and need all the space,
you can go ahead and use all available space for the Windows partition
and then make that correspond to the C:\ drive. The default number shown
for creating the partition is the maximum size of your drive. Just hit
ENTER to create this maximum-sized partition if you plan to install
Windows XP as the only operating system.
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