Already 4 partition in laptop

[firefist]

Title says it all . I am trying to install kali using debian windows installer so that i can keep my win 7 and can remove it like an normal application .

but the problem is i already have 4 partition ( and 1 of them seems useless )

what should i do ?

[duxim]

I don't understand first partition of 1MB what is it?
second is MBR
third and four are the system
1.) what is comp configuration? Is it some laptop with installed Windows or you install it?
2.) is it dual boot two windows? (which one)

And what do you think where to put Kali or any other system on your hdd?!?!?

[firefist]

hey , the configurations are :

my laptop ( netbook ) : acer aspire one D270 .
cpu : intel atom n2600 1.60 GHz
memory : 2 GB DDR3
HDD : 500GB

i installed win 7 1 years ago . with C: , D: and E: partition .

recently i installed debian on USB ( properly installed it like on HDD) , but because of it every time i had to start my system usb had to be plugged in to see the GRUB . and when there was no USB i used to see GRUB RESCUE . So to solve that problem i used easyBCD on win 7 .

and that's the whole story .

[duxim]

I understand your problem. but solutions what I give you maybe you don't like it.
you have two ways to approach this problem.
First is to reconfigure all windows partition at one. (C drive only). This can be very hard and I don't know what result will be.
Especially if you use D, or E to install some programs.
Then you have to shrink this partition and install Kali

the second way (what I recommended ) is to beck up all your data to external hdd, then wipe whole hdd with dban.
After that Install Windows 7 (at one partition) , shrink this partition
and you can install what ever you want including Kali
in both ways you have a lot of to work
good luck
P.S. Maybe someone have another easier solution for this problem.

[firefist]

duxim , thanks mate . I had the same thoughts , but man the work it too much , another solution i thought was to install linux mint using mint4win . but then i again had the problem ( failed to start x server ) i tried some google searches but those didn't worked out either .

So my last resort is to do what you recommend

[duxim]

before starting this process, please prepare everything what you might need
especially coffee, music, some good movie... etc

if you use dban for wiping hdd it takes about 2-3 hours to complete
http://www.dban.org/download
but really this tool I strongly recommended to use in this situation

P.S. if you have some problems with this process post here