How to install Debian on my data disk, while the main disk is Windows ?

magnill · 01-09-2014, 10:47 AM

Hello there

The title says pretty much all, I would like to install Debian OS but here is my problem : I am using my local primary disk with Windows on it (C:, it's SSD), and a second disk (D:, 1To HDD) to store my data on it. (picture : http://s10.postimg.org/q9b8y2atl/disques.jpg)

So now I would like to install Debian on my data HDD D: (which is logic : I won't touch my SSD except for Windows OS and some software programs), but I don't know how to proceed

Thank you in advance

Stéphane Ascoët · 01-10-2014, 01:52 AM

http://www.debian.org/releases/stabl...h03s05.html.en

Darshan Parab · 01-10-2014, 02:01 AM

In order to install Debian, you need an unallocated free disk space on your second hard disk.

You can do it this way
1. Using windows, you can shrink D: and create an unallocated space on 2nd hard disk.Obviously, this much me of minimum required by Debian installer.
2. Now boot with the Debian disk and create a root partition using the unallocated space created in the first step and install Debian on this partition.

magnill · 01-10-2014, 06:26 AM

Ok I am going to do that

thank you very much