help with linux and speakup?

[tyler]

ok, I will just go to the comp store, and buy an old 98. Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield.
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[my programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features]
[failure is not an option, it comes bundled with windows!]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lorenzo Taylor" <lorenzo at taylor.homelinux.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: help with linux and speakup?


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> A new partition won't kill Windows if you have free space (for free read
> unpartitioned) on your drive.  If you have to delete a partition to make
> another, Windows will most definitely die.  If you have to resize the
partition,
> Windows could possibly die, and that's why programs that resize partitions
tell
> you to backup your data.  But if your Windows partition already doesn't
take up
> the whole drive, it is possible to make a new partition for Linux in the
unused
> space.  Also be aware that free space as shown in "my computer" is not
unused
> space where a new partition can be created, but is actually unused space
on the
> partition.  Free space for creating a new partition is space on the drive
that
> is completely unallocated and therefore unknown to Windows itself.  You
will
> need to use a program that can read the partition table to find out if you
have
> enough space to make a new partition.
>
> If you don't want to go through all that and have the money, purchasing a
second
> hard drive may possibly be the better solution.
>
> On the other hand, speaking from personal experience, when I resized my
Windows
> partition before I was willing to give up Windows completely on this
machine, I
> defragmented the hard disk and resized the partition using Partition Magic
and
> then installed Linux and had no data loss.  However I wouldn't recommend
doing
> things in such a dangerous way unless you are willing to take the risk of
losing
> some files or making Windows unbootable.
>
> HTH,
> Lorenzo
> - --
> Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint.
> -- Mark Twain
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