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    Ideapad Y410p - dual booting win8 and linux - partitioning

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by dumma, Jun 15, 2013.

  1. dumma

    dumma Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just got my laptop yesterday, and want to set it up as a dual boot machine with Linux and Windows 8. Installing Linux is not a problem, but am puzzled by partitions that have been setup by default on this laptop.

    On my older thinkpad with Linux + Win7, I had it setup that the first two partitions were the System Recovery & Win7 (primary partition), followed by an extended partion for Linux (swap, root and home partitions).

    I've attached a picture of the partiions setup on my new laptop - can anyone tell me which partitions are safe to delete, and which I should not touch?

    Thanks

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    dumma, Jun 15, 2013
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  2. stpddream

    stpddream Newbie

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    shrink Volume C and don't touch anything else. I'm also wondering if deleting disk "lenovo" would break my one key recovery...
     
    stpddream, Jul 10, 2013
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  3. Jobine

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    LENOVO: Has backup drivers on it, if you backup these drivers, you can delete this partition.
     
    Jobine, Jul 10, 2013
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    Onekey is on the untitled 20gb.
     
    Jobine, Jul 10, 2013
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    Have you managed to get the nvidia driver working properly with linux? I set up a windows 7 and ubuntu 12.04 dual boot but the 750M doesn't want to play nicely with ubuntu... doesn't recognize it, cant get 3D unity, and the computer starts pumping out some serious heat. After looking around most people seem to have even more trouble after installing the proprietary drivers. =/
     
    jhladkow, Jul 11, 2013
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  6. Jobine

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    Stick with Intel until Nvidia gets their act together.
     
    Jobine, Jul 11, 2013
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    Even you stick with Intel driver. How can you enable the VGA output in linux? I tried different ways and got no luck. Any clue?
     
    bobzhou, Aug 21, 2013
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    After lot of research on Google, I was successful in Dual Booting Ubuntu Linux 12.04.3 on my Lenovo Ideapad Y410p. I have removed all the drivers of Nvidia, so that the system should boot properly without any Graphics issues, but still its a hell lot of work doing so. I spent around 8 hours in complete install and removing all issues from it.
    I have not tried using the VGA output on it yet, but will definitely try soon. I don't understand why doesn't Ubuntu Developers give a version which can be installed in dual boot with windows 8 without any issues. Sometimes, the Graphics driver does not work and sometimes a buzz sound is heard from the laptop.
     
    piyushdgr8, Oct 5, 2013
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