Dividing a NTFS partition

Plice · 10-04-2004, 01:01 PM

Hi

I recently installed Windows XP (five minutes ago) and am now trying to install Slackware. The problem is that I chose to partition my entire 30 gig drive with the NTFS file system during the XP install and now cfdisk can't create a smaller Linux partition out of the NTFS partition. Any ideas on how this is done or do I actually have to create my Linux partition before installing XP?

masand · 10-04-2004, 02:09 PM

hi there
u can do this with parttion magic,but take full bkackup of ur data.
i have heard a lot about but i haven't used

still if i were u then i would have taken backup and formatted my hdd with normal fdisk tools

also have a look here for tools

http://ultimatebootcd.com

regards

Plice · 10-04-2004, 02:34 PM

Ok, I think I get the picture. I'll try to create a partition with Partition magic and see if that works, if not, i'll just reformat and allocate some space for the Linux partition during the XP install. Thanks!

masand · 10-04-2004, 03:02 PM

hi there

but i warn u

TAKE BACKUP!!!!

before trying out anything new

regards