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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