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Ok I have Win XP Pro on my laptop and would like to run a dual boot sys with XP and Mandrake 9.2. Tell me if I'm correct. I can leave my XP loaded on the laptop and install Mandrake which will partition my hd and set itself up on the partition hd? Also will Mandrake set up fat32 even if the hd is ntfs? Or can Mandrake read and write to an ntfs hd?
According to the mandrake homepage you will be able to resize ntfs and vfat partitions during the installation process:
¨ In addition to being able to resize NTFS partitions, the installation procedure provides many unique features such as offering various filesystems (including journalized filesystems EXT3, ReiserFS, XFS, and encrypted file systems), setting up RAID disks, and resizing MS-Windows FAT32 partitions. ¨
the ntfs resize works just fine in 9.1 so it should be at least as good in 9.2. But make sure to defrag your ntfs partion before resizing it. For best results, disable virtual memory and hibernation support and then defragment it. After you're done with the resizing, you can enable virtual memory and hibernation support again. But BACKUP whatever files that are important to you.
Once the resizng is done, you can install mandrake on the freed up space.
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