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Article #1157Re: Partition
From: Dave M.
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 13:21
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 13:21
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--------------87525994574670244614907F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit c17 wrote: > Is there any good partition freeware that will allow me to repartition my > hardrive, and install Linux, without destroying my current version of > windows and my data, Depends on which veersion of linux you have. Many of the newer ones will automatically do this for you. For instance I recently set up a win98/mandrake7.1 dual boot. Windows was already on the puter. I started the mandrake cd and chose linux fo windows, this partioned my harddrive and installed linux without touching the windows data. Everything seems to work fine. I'm happy. --------------87525994574670244614907F Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> c17 wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Is there any good partition freeware that will allow me to repartition my <br>hardrive, and install Linux, without destroying my current version of <br>windows and my data,</blockquote> <font size=+4>Depends on which veersion of linux you have. Many of the newer ones will automatically do this for you. For instance I recently set up a win98/mandrake7.1 dual boot. Windows was already on the puter. I started the mandrake cd and chose linux fo windows, this partioned my harddrive and installed linux without touching the windows data. Everything seems to work fine. I'm happy.</font></html> --------------87525994574670244614907F--
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11033e,38c327b905632626 X-Google-Attributes: gid11033e,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-22 05:21:46 PST Message-ID: <3A435560.B36C79C1@usaexpress.net> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 08:21:37 -0500 From: "Dave M." <ps121@usaexpress.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.15-4mdk i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: ahn.tech.linux To: c17 <someone@microsoft.com> Subject: Re: Partition References: <vX7Z5.3051$sZ4.133845@news.uswest.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------87525994574670244614907F" NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.177.2.65 X-Trace: 22 Dec 2000 08:21:39 -0500, 216.177.2.65 Lines: 39 Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!204.127.161.2.MISMATCH!wn2feed!worldnet.att.net!4.1.16.34!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!europa.netcrusader.net!152.163.239.131!portc03.blue.aol.com!uunet!dca.uu.net!newsfeed.vitts.com!216.177.2.65