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Re: Howto repartition a fat32 disk of win xp?



Hi:

Another, perhaps safer, option is to run qtparted using a new version
of ntfsresize.  This will allow resizing an XP partition without
a complete defragmentation, even the new "SP1" version of XP.

The easiest way to run this is from the System Rescue CD, sysresccd.org.
This is a bootable "live-cd" with a lot of great utilities.

Just boot it and enter "run_qtparted."

NOTE:  Make sure you have GOOD backups and could re-install XP if
necessary before messing with disk partitions.  :-)

Mark
> Joris Huizer wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > Currently I don't have my own computer available and the one I have 
> > acces to is the one my dad uses;
> > I need a compiler and openGL/glut and I can't really find anything 
> > usefull so I want to install linux debian!!
> >
> > The problem is, this computer has a 40GB disk with XP installed and we 
> > don't want to loose a file on it - the defrag program says no 
> > defragmentation is needed as the defragmentation rate is low or 
> > something - and I need this to be accessible today so I can't wait for 
> > that program
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > I hope you can help,
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Joris
> >
> I don't know anything about Windows XP but if it has scandisk, do the 
> following:
> 
> Once you start, do not attempt to do anything else.
> 
> 1.  Do a scan disk to get rid of junk.
> 2.  Check how many bytes your XP currently occupies.
> 3.  Do a defragmentation regardless of being told it isn't needed. This 
> is to totally compact spread out data to prevent losing it.
> 4.  Estimate how much total space to allocate for your new XP partition. 
> Allow for future additions. 30 MB seems much more than enough.
> 5.  Use WinXP's fdisk to set the upper boundary for your C: partition 
> according to step 4.
> 
> If you follow the steps carefully, your Windows XP will be compacted 
> into a smaller partition on your harddrive without loss of data and you 
> will have created free space for a Linux partition.
> 
> It might help to do a dry run of fdisk to familarize yourself with how 
> to use it.  Don't attempt to make any permanent changes in your current 
> XP partition unless you've done the defragmentation--otherwise you could 
> cut off some XP data when you set the upper boundary of the C: partition.
> 
> Does your dad know what you want to do to his computer?
> 
> GL    alex
> 
> 
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