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Organised my hard drive today

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i've been linux-only for over 4 years, but i left Windows 8.1 on my 8 month old laptop, i saw no reason to disrupt anything. i figured i would get familiar with Windows 10, just for the sake of knowledge that might be needed, not because i have any intention of using it. i made use of the free upgrade today, so i could image it and then forget it. i have a bad crashing problem with linux, its the only reason i might have to switch back some day.

i decided to tidy the disk, so i got to work:

* backed-up my files to usual external storage and SpiderOak online.

* burned the previously downloaded Windows 10.

* booted linux usb, used dd to image my system, and my backup system, i already had an image of Windows - all to an external disk.

* upgraded to Windows 10, which took an hour and 20 minutes, no issues. then sorted security and privacy settings etc. this step took me a while, but i didnt want to rush myself.

* i checked Windows had activated, and imaged it using the native tool.

* booted linux usb, deleted all partitions except for EFI (ESP).

* created partitions for swap, and the 2 systems. restored my systems in 13 minutes using dd. opened gparted to 'check' them which grows filesystems to fill partitions.

* manually installed grub boot loader.

* happily booted to my desktop, no obvious issues.

* copied Windows images from external disk to another partition on internal disk, so its in 2 places. made sure to change mount setting so it doesnt load at startup.

* setup swap association.

i think thats everything.
screenshot of 'before' http://oi61.tinypic.com/sfzc6p.jpg
and 'after' http://oi61.tinypic.com/206csa8.jpg
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