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Hi, I want to partition my 160 gig so I can install and dual boot linux.
my hd is fully formatted in ntfs and has winxp installed -- I don't want anything to happen to windows.
Are there any recommendations for good partitioning software?
btw -- I might buy a new hard drive (to put linux on) and is there a way to completely erase a linux partition on a hard drive so it can be fully utilized by windows?
-Soral 3.0
my hd is fully formatted in ntfs and has winxp installed -- I don't want anything to happen to windows.
Are there any recommendations for good partitioning software?
btw -- I might buy a new hard drive (to put linux on) and is there a way to completely erase a linux partition on a hard drive so it can be fully utilized by windows?
-Soral 3.0
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I like PartitionMagic 
Very featurerich and trustworthy. http://www.partitionmagic.com/partitionmagic/
Very featurerich and trustworthy. http://www.partitionmagic.com/partitionmagic/ 
Dani i hope you dont mind me countering your post with thisbut Partiton magic is great but Not free.
this one is is money is an issue
Free:
http://www.icewalkers.com/Linux/Soft...mRescueCd.html
its labeled rescue cd, but it works it does more then partiton, all you need is something to burn an ISO file. I use nero.
this one is is money is an issue
Free:
http://www.icewalkers.com/Linux/Soft...mRescueCd.html
its labeled rescue cd, but it works it does more then partiton, all you need is something to burn an ISO file. I use nero.
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Then again, there's always fips for the more tech-savvy.
You can use a Win98 boot floppy to wipe a linux-formatted drive to put Windows on - it'll say it doesn't have a recognizable filesystem (obviously) but you can take it from there...
You can use a Win98 boot floppy to wipe a linux-formatted drive to put Windows on - it'll say it doesn't have a recognizable filesystem (obviously) but you can take it from there...
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Well, thanks for showing me the free one's -- However, will they offer me the reliability that partitionmagic offers?
Ogre -- do you mean that if I use fdisk, I can simple delete a linux partition without having to reformat the whole disk?
Ogre -- do you mean that if I use fdisk, I can simple delete a linux partition without having to reformat the whole disk?
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Yes, just delete the unknown partition and create a new partition for Windows. You can do a quick format of the new partition from within Windows using NTFS.
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yes you can use the one built in, but the free one in my opininons better then norton's and so forth. I use it alot, i fix alot of my friends PC's after nice virus problems. lol (=
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If you download the RescueCD, there's a Linux partition utility called QtParted that looks almost identical to Partition Magic, and works very well. There's also a bunch of other tools on the CD that are Linux ports of popular software that you can play with once you get the drive partitioned.
You may want to check out partimage (a disk imaging utility) after you get your system up and running. It works via the commandline (you'll need an FTP server on your LAN - there's tons of free ones available), but it's extremely easy to figure out if you can read :)
You may want to check out partimage (a disk imaging utility) after you get your system up and running. It works via the commandline (you'll need an FTP server on your LAN - there's tons of free ones available), but it's extremely easy to figure out if you can read :)
If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked.
What's more, you deserve to be hacked.
-- former White House cybersecurity czar Richard Clarke
What's more, you deserve to be hacked.
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Okay,
I'm converted to freeware.
But which is it?
FIPS or Rescue CD?
I'm converted to freeware.
But which is it?
FIPS or Rescue CD?
"Success is peace of mind
which is a direct result of self-satisfaction
in knowing you did your best to become the best
that you are capable of becoming."
~John Wooden
which is a direct result of self-satisfaction
in knowing you did your best to become the best
that you are capable of becoming."
~John Wooden
If you need to manipulate the NTFS partition, fips won't do; it can only handle FAT/FAT32. Unfortunately, this is true of many of the free open-source partitioning tools.
As mentioned, qtparted should work:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/qtpart...ease_id=154236
As mentioned, qtparted should work:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/qtpart...ease_id=154236
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