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kevbo   02-12-2004 at 02:21:53 AM

I currently have Windows XP on my computer, but am downloading Mandrake 9.2. I don't have any partitions, just everything all in one spot. I heard that Mandrake can resize partitions, but can it create new ones? I need a seperate partition so that I can dual boot. Is there some way to do this without wiping my hard drive first? Thanks.

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silverpig   02-12-2004 at 02:23:28 AM
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Yes it can. You have one partition right now for windows. Mandrake can resize that down and create the new ones it needs in the free space.

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kevbo   02-12-2004 at 02:26:20 AM
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Thanks! Let the linux fun-ness begin...

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poorboy   02-13-2004 at 03:48:03 AM
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Might be a good idea to defrag and scan your disk beforehand. Defragging reorganizes and compacts the existing data to let the resize work better.

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