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09-17-2004, 11:45 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2002
Location: Richmond Va
Distribution: mandrake 10.1
Posts: 11
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Hard drive partitioning
Good evening all,
I was planning on installing mandrake 10 on a dell inspiron 1100. I was wondering if there was free or cheap software that would allow me to resize the existing ntfs partition.. Thanks in advance..
FuGeE
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09-18-2004, 12:19 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Los Angeles
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 9,870
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the mandrake installer has a built-in resizer...
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09-18-2004, 03:33 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2002
Location: Richmond Va
Distribution: mandrake 10.1
Posts: 11
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I tried that
I tried that it would not resize the partition what i did was reinstalled winxp pro to a smaller partition i guess i needed the reinstall anyways : ) thanks for your reply
FuGeE
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09-18-2004, 03:33 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2002
Location: Richmond Va
Distribution: mandrake 10.1
Posts: 11
Original Poster
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I tried that
I tried that it would not resize the partition what i did was reinstalled winxp pro to a smaller partition i guess i needed the reinstall anyways : ) thanks for your reply
FuGeE
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09-19-2004, 08:48 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2004
Location: Sebec, ME, USA
Distribution: Debian Etch, Windows XP Home, FreeBSD
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Check out www.terabyteunlimited.com. They offer a free partition tool called BootIt NG (NG=New Generation). It's what I used because the mandrake installation wouldn't resize my windows partition. Even still, back up your data because there is chance something could go wrong. Run chkdsk under Command Prompt, and then try the partiton tool. Oh and run Defrag also. Then you should be all set. |
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