Partitioning a drive with windows already on it?

[Saqib Shaikh]

Yes, you need to get the parted boot disk from
linux-speakup.org/pub/speakup/disks/parted.

Saqib
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Murphy" <mweeby at nycap.rr.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 12:23 AM
Subject: Partitioning a drive with windows already on it?


> Hi listers.
> I hope everyone has a happy and prosperous new year.
> Here's what I wanted to do, but I'm not sure if I can do it.  I have
> another computer running Win98 SE with a 20 GB drive in it.  I am
> currently running Zipspeak on it, but I would like to install a full Linux
> system on it.  My question is, is there a utility out there that will let
> me create a partition or partition from the free space?  I can't really
> blow away the existing W98 partition because whistling up Sighted
> assistance to reinstall Windows isn't really a practical option.  I had
>  thought of zipping my entire Windows folder, but I don't know if it would
> run once restored.
> Has anyone ever done this before, and if there is a way, how could I do
> it?
> thanks.
>
>
>
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