Re: Howto repartition a fat32 disk of win xp?

[Joris Huizer <jorishuizer@planet.nl>]

Joris Huizer wrote:

> Kent West wrote:
>
> > Joris Huizer wrote:
> >
> > > The problem is, this computer has a 40GB disk with XP installed and 
> > > we don't want to loose a file on it
> >
> >
> >
> > > How can I resize the 40GB partition 10 GB smaller (to add new 
> > > partitions)  without any data loss? I only have the debian woody 
> > > 3.0r1 installation CS's available.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If it's FAT32-formatted (highly unlikely), you can use fips or 
> > gparted. If it's NTFS-formatted (most likely), the only solution I 
> > know of is the commercial (cha-ching$) product "Partition Magic".
>
>
> Thanks for your reply Kent West,
>
> No it really is FAT32-formatted - I assume this is because this XP was 
> installed over a windows 98 (as 98 missed some drivers my dad "just" 
> bought a XP CD :-/ )
> I can't find gparted or fips on the first CD, just cfdisk, on which CD 
> is it supposed to be? (I didn't go through all CD's yet but...) if 
> gparted is really the GNU parted program I prefer that as in the 
> manual resizing seemed to be very straightforward.
> Should I try another one of the installation CD's ? I have 6 different 
> CD's...


Sorry I did a bit more searching... I see parted is on the second CDROM 
but if I start it isn't available - it's just in the pool but there 
doesn't seem to be a way to run it;
How should I run it if it's only sitting in the pool - I really need to 
be able to resize that partition :-(

Thanks for your help,

Joris