07-30-2011, 10:06 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-30-2011, 10:06 PM by AceInfinity.)
(07-30-2011, 09:52 PM)Carbide Wrote: If he doesn't like Linux, he won't be able to merge the the amount of hard drive space he shrinked with the original partition unless he reformats everything. And from my experience many people don't stick to Linux.
That was why I suggested side by side installation as an option to try to see if linux is for him.
No, you can merge it back into your main partition again. You delete the data from the partition, it become unallocated, and you extend the original again.