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Article #47090Re: partition problems
From: Tony Collins
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:00
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--------------DDC2091205164FFF91D8F0B4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit pcb wrote: > i am a newbie who is trying to go from dos/windows to linux. i need to make > a new partition for linux with out deleting my old one- so i have tried to > shink it using FIPS and partition resizer. i have defragged my disk, but my > unmovable hidden files prevent me from making large enough partitions. what > can i do? please be specific and when in doubt, assume i dont know much. > please write to benb@fgi.net . thanks a lot. Have you tried Partition Magic, or is that beyond your budget? Easiest thing in the whole world for a someone who can't use fdisk or fips (like myself). Just drag and drop the size partition you want, and -voila! Even the DOS version is great. Tony ICQ#15557998 -- The pie certainly was funny, but a brick would have been better. Remove "meup" from my address to reply. --------------DDC2091205164FFF91D8F0B4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> pcb wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>i am a newbie who is trying to go from dos/windows to linux. i need to make <BR>a new partition for linux with out deleting my old one- so i have tried to <BR>shink it using FIPS and partition resizer. i have defragged my disk, but my <BR>unmovable hidden files prevent me from making large enough partitions. what <BR>can i do? please be specific and when in doubt, assume i dont know much. <BR>please write to benb@fgi.net . thanks a lot.</BLOCKQUOTE> Have you tried Partition Magic, or is that beyond your budget? Easiest thing in the whole world for a someone who can't use fdisk or fips (like myself). Just drag and drop the size partition you want, and -voila! Even the DOS version is great. <P>Tony <BR>ICQ#15557998 <PRE>-- The pie certainly was funny, but a brick would have been better. Remove "meup" from my address to reply.</PRE> </HTML> --------------DDC2091205164FFF91D8F0B4--
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,c5f3880fe880dbe X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public From: Tony Collins <ned@zipmeup.com.au> Subject: Re: partition problems Date: 1999/01/19 Message-ID: <36A425B0.C50C03CE@zipmeup.com.au> X-Deja-AN: 434311430 References: <7801c0$gpg$1@remarQ.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------DDC2091205164FFF91D8F0B4" Organization: The Zipsters Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux