Re: disk partition problem
On Sun, 03 May 1998 20:39:11 -0500 rehawynn <rehawynn@btigate.com> wrote (and I quoted):
rehawynn> Hello.
rehawynn>
rehawynn> I have been reading about Debian, and I am eager to try it out.
rehawynn> However, I seem to have a problem that I have not found an answer for
rehawynn> yet, even after searching through all of the FAQ's and help documents I
rehawynn> could find. The problem is with partitioning my hard disk. I DO NOT
rehawynn> want to wipe it out (like using fdisk), so instead I tried FIPS (found
rehawynn> on the Linux CD). First I scanned and defragged my disk, then I tried
rehawynn> to run fips. Then it told me there was a file(s) at the end of my hard
rehawynn> disk. So I checked the documentation on fips and it listed a two files
rehawynn> that might be at the last sector, but it wasn't true on my machine. And
rehawynn> that's where I'm stuck. Please help me or tell me where I can get help
rehawynn> so I can free myself from the tyranny of Windows!!!!!!
rehawynn>
Chris,
You might want to run disk defragmenter BEFORE partitioning your drive.
Norton speed disk or even defrag.exe from winblows will do the job for
you just fine :)
Good luck - Arunas
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