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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2002 9:58 pm    Post subject: free harddrive partitioning tool required Reply with quote

I am looking for HD partioning software that can reduce the size of my winXP partition, and create a new partition with the free space, ready for installing linux.

1 stipulation is it must be free.

any suggestions welcome.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2002 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Parted

http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/

Provides boot disk images as well as source.

Not used it personally tho.

does require you've used the fat32 install of xp tho.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2002 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

got an NTFS partition.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2002 10:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bugger!

Have you tried looking for any tools Wink on gnutella or kazzaa networks?
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 02, 2002 2:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The following are available from bootdisk.com and are free or shareware (good for now):

http://www.bootdisk.com/utility.htm

PARTITIONING
MS Fdisk For Hard Disks Greater Than 64 Gig
AEFDISK 1.9 Get Rid Of NT, Linux Partitions, More
DELPART Another Partition Deleter With a GUI
BootitNG 1.3X Boot Mgr, Partitioner, Imaging
Masterbooter + EFDISK 3.2 Boot Mgr And Partitioner
CleanSlate 1.0 Partition/MBR Backup/Cleaner Tool
Partition Managers Ranish 2.40 Zeleps 1.3.4
FPsys 1.3 Recover Data From Lost Partitions

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 02, 2002 3:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Or you could go here:

http://fosi.ural.net/

and get the full 'evaluation' version of Partition Magic 8.0.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 02, 2002 3:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

b4rtm4n wrote:
Bugger!

Have you tried looking for any tools Wink on gnutella or kazzaa networks?


sorry mate. not connected to those things.



Shaolin, the link for PM 8 did not work when i tried it

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 02, 2002 1:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

that fosi site is the dogs, & it's been around for years.
how does he get away with it?


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