Re: Partitioning a disk with data on it

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From: Ben Lovejoy
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 00:00

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nospam@nospam.kenner.demon.co.uk (Chris Orgill) wrote:

>> Is there any way of partitioning a drive with data already on it?

>Yes. You need to defragment the disk and then use a tool that
>supports re-partitioning. I think FWB's Hard Disk Toolkit may allow
>you to do this.

Ta, but I've now been advised that System 8 will solve the problem of
minimum block sizes, and I'm pretty likely to take the plunge and do the
upgrade soon, so I'll wait until then.

Thanks for the info, though.

Ben

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