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Dual-booting XP & Linux
Name: Final0925 Date: October 27, 2005 at 16:40:59 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: Pentium 4/ 512MB
Comment:
I was installing Mandrake 9.2 with Windows XP, so that I could boot with the option of either one. And when I get to partitioning, the computer tells me that the disk is too fragmented, and to run Defrag. I did just that and I got the same message. This is the first time I'm installing another OS by the way. Anyone have any suggestions? Matt
Name: TopFarmer Date: October 29, 2005 at 08:53:16 Pacific
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need more info: 1)how many hdds do you have and size 2)number of currect partitions on hdd(s) 3)it sounds like you are trying to resize a partition, what software and version are you useing ? 3a)is the partition NTFS ?
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Response Number 2
Name: Zenith Date: October 31, 2005 at 13:18:46 Pacific
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You can also make the partitions from within XP, just format them in Linux.
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