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  • 30-10-2003 1:58pm
    #1
    red vex
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    how can i resise my NTFS partition to install mandrake or redhat
    do i have to resize before the installation?


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  • #2
    Stark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,084 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    Parition Magic does the job nicely (recommend version 7 or 8).

    Mandrake also comes with an NTFS partition resizer during installation since version 9.1


  • #3
    ssh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 484 ✭✭ssh


    Out of interest, do have experience using it? Is it reliable? (the mandrake one that is)


  • #4
    Magic Monkey
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    red vex, what OS are you currently running? If it's Windows XP, Partition Magic 7 won't work on it, not sure if it works on Windows 2000. I know Partition Magic 8 works on both XP and 2000 though.

    In PM8, select your (primary) drive, click "Resize a partition", and follow the steps. I left about 2GB free for my Mandrake 9.2 install; I'd say about 4GB max should do it. Then, apply changes. It'll reboot and apply the changes upon startup, then start up your OS as normal. You can check the drive in Windows Explorer/PM8 to verify it's reallocated the space.

    Then just reboot, press DEL to go into BIOS, change settings to boot from CD, put your Linux CD in, and go from there. The Mandrake partition manager allows you to select the free space you've allocated on your primary drive for the install. Simple :)

    Mandrake 9.2 with KDE 3.1 is great if you're new to Linux, like myself; well recommended.


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Always worth doing a Defrag - preferrably with the "start programs faster" thingy before you resize any partition.
    ie. let the OS move as many of the files out of the way first.


  • #6
    Stark
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    Originally posted by ssh
    Out of interest, do have experience using it? Is it reliable? (the mandrake one that is)

    I haven't used it personally, but other mandrake users have used it and noone has any problems with it. (you know there'd be a register article if someone fried a partition :p)


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  • #7
    Stark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,084 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    If it's Windows XP, Partition Magic 7 won't work on it, not sure if it works on Windows 2000. I know Partition Magic 8 works on both XP and 2000 though.

    Actually version 7 will run on XP. It's version 6 and earlier that won't run with XP NTFS partitions.


  • #8
    red vex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 232 ✭✭red vex


    thanx guyz. i think ill go with mandrake 9.1 coz PM will cost money :)


  • #9
    Magic Monkey
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    Originally posted by k.oriordan
    Actually version 7 will run on XP. It's version 6 and earlier that won't run with XP NTFS partitions.

    I could have swore it was PM7 that wouldn't work on an XP laptop before...


  • #10
    eggshapedfred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 294 ✭✭eggshapedfred


    nah, i've used PM7 on WinXP (home) and several Win2000 machines at work. works a treat.


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