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How to resize partition in XP...?
Name: Black panther Date: September 5, 2001 at 17:13:50 Pacific
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Pls help me resize or modify my xp partition. Any freeware/shareware software or utility.....?
Name: Garyman99 Date: September 5, 2001 at 18:03:10 Pacific
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I wouldn't mind knowing how to resize partitions in XP myself . . . gonna set aside 2 gigs for Mandrake 8.0
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Response Number 2
Name: Blackbird Date: September 5, 2001 at 21:22:49 Pacific
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Partition Magic 7 is supposed to do the trick but it's not freeware
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Response Number 3
Name: Cid Date: September 6, 2001 at 00:17:58 Pacific
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Me too, I want to dual with SuSE. Anyone know if FIPS works with an "XP partition"? I'll find out in a few days and post my results...
Cid
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Response Number 4
Name: Ido Date: October 9, 2001 at 09:59:57 Pacific
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maybe it will work with this tool, Ranish: http://www.users.intercom.com/~ranish/part/
I used it to make my partitions (only 4 allowed cause itīs shareware...) but i just saw that the new version also can handle resizing. anyone wants to test it out? because i donīt want to lose my files again (especially now i have XP running perfectly on my PC) :) Bye!
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Response Number 5
Name: Rumble Date: October 11, 2001 at 07:10:31 Pacific
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Has anyone managed to re-size an XP partition, namely shrink it.
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