Win7 Install - diskpart shrink command

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Published on 2010-06-05T17:14:26Z Indexed on 2010/06/05 17:23 UTC
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I have an existing XP installation on a 160GB disk, with about 90 GB free.

I'm trying to install Win7 on the same HDD, following directions from here.

The question is: How long should it take to run the "shrink" command, given the above parameters? How much space will that free up for Win7?

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