Re: Howto repartition a fat32 disk of win xp?

[kd4d@comcast.net]

Hello, all:

I purchased the new version of Partition Magic.  It does not
resize my XP partitions...there is just an error and no resizing.
Before I upgraded to XP SP1, Partition Magic did work.

Try qtparted and the new open source ntfsresize (available on 
sysresccd.org as a bootable live cd).  That has resized every
NTFS partition I've thrown at it and it's free!

I ended up returning the expensive Version 8 upgrade.

YMMV...

Mark
> 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
> 
> 
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