Partion a drive

[Guest Mangix]

does anyone know any program that can remove some space from a NTSF partion?

[berdy]

what do you mean by "remove some space"

if you mean to partition your drive while keeping OS untouched. then PartitionMagic is the best .but it isn't free.

https://sea.symantec.com/content/requestinf...ite&productid=1

[Guest Mangix]

by that i mean remove some space from a specified partion

 

right now i have a 107GB harddrive and Windows uses all of the space. however i want to lower the partion space to somewhere around 80GB so that i can install linux

[berdy]

Yes you need partitioning software. Two years ago I downloaded PatitionMagic demo version and during installation it prompted to create rescue diskettes (2 diskettes) and since then I?m using these two diskettes to

format

resize partition/move partition

create

delete

label

copy

merge

check for errors

convert FAT/FAT32/NTFS/linux and vice versa

convert primary>logical and vice versa

bad sector reset

hide partition

set active

resize clusters

resize root

CHKDSK

and FDISK

I don?t know if they still allow such thing in their new demo versions.

I can send you the contents of those two diskettes but they won?t be bootable (at your end)if you re-save the contents again on diskettes .

[Guest Mangix]

i dont have a floppy drive anyways . well accually i have one on my other virus and spyware infected comp which still works but im too lazy to put it on the new comp .

[berdy]

bootable diskettes can be easily transformed to bootable CD-RWs using nero. and erase the CDs afterwards. I have done that many times to use the diskettes on floppy-less laptops.

[Guest Mangix]

erm let me ask you a question. how do you make a bootable diskette?

 

do you just make a .txt file and put it some DOS commands or what?

[berdy]

I wish I know how. the program (when creates them) makes them bootable.thats why I said (they wont be bootable at your end).however, a bootable CD can be created from any given bootable diskette.

[Guest Mangix]

ok now i got another question. lol

 

if i somehow managed to make a bootable diskette, how would i use it. Slackware comes in Disk Image(iso) files which need to be decompressed and burned to a cd. after that, the files from the iso are on the cd and when the cd is in, i can boot to slackware but i cant install it cause i have no space(the partion).

 

i guess what im asking is...what would a bootable diskette do for me?

[berdy]

if i somehow managed to make a bootable diskette, how would i use it

 

first make sure the BIOS is set to boot from floppy then slide it in the drive and boot it will automatically boot if it is bootable. just like win 9x boot diskette.

 

what would a bootable diskette do for me?

now we are off topic. the diskette in the question is partion magic diskette it will open a DOS-like GUI and allow you to partition your drive keeping the existing OS (untouched)

 

i can boot to slackware but i cant install it cause i have no space(the partion).

what do you mean? do you mean XP is filling the entire 107Gb

[berdy]

try ranish partition manager. http://www.ranish.com/part/

read the pdf file "Dual-Booting Linux step by step"

also it mentions how to make a dos diskette bootable by copying the follwing to disk

[Guest Mangix]

i see

 

thanks

[berdy]

you are welcome

[AllThoseYesterdays]

Partition Magic .