Changing partition without losing data?

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From: Hans van Oostrom
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1991 15:11

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Hi,

I've got a 85 Mbyte partition running under DOS 4.0.  Now I would like 
to change that to a 65 Mb and a 20 Mb partition.  I can make sure that 
the higher 20 Mb of the harddisk sectors are empty.
My guts tells me that is should be possible to change the partition 
and still keep all the data on the 65 Mb partition.  Is this possible? 
Are there any tools?

I don't want to back up 60 Mb of stuff, because I don't have enough 
floppies for that. (I do back up my data, but not my programs)

Hans van Oostrom
PO Box J-254, JHMHC                 hans@ufpine                (BITNET)
Gainesville, FL  32601, USA         hans@pine.circa.ufl.edu    (INTERNET)
>>>          Hoe ver je ook gaat, overal zie je landgenoten           <<<

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