On Sunday 29 February 2004 10:11 am, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 09:53 > Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition > > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > Worry not - I know, it's easy for me to talk <g>. Someone will help > > > dig you out, then you'll wonder what all the fuss was about ;-) > > > > > > Anne > > > -- > > > Registered Linux User No.293302 > > > Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? > > > > There isn't one of us that didn't want to mess our pants > > at one time or other trying to fix computers. The funny > > thing is once you have gotton over the initial shock > > of being in a whole you don't know how to cline out > > of, you start thinking again, and suddenly ideas take > > root and before long with a bit of help you are passed > > that little hurdle and wonder why you thought you > > were never going to manage to solve it. > > So I would ask you first if you have another > > computer to talk to list about should you get locked > > out for a while you are sorting out your problem. > > > > Then begin again. > > I haven't followed this thread so I don't know where > > you are but cheer up , remember you can always > > slap dear old windblows back again if all else > > fails , they must of given you some backup disks > > of some sort. I know you don't get MS isnatallation > > discs anymore with many OEM computers running > > XP. But they usually have some sort of backup > > facility, if not then make your own first. > > > > John > > No spare computer. The last time I screwed up and had to reinstall it took > 4 days. Mostly fighting those nasty virisus that sneek in while I'm > downloading the norton virus definations. I dont mind reinstalling windows > but the virus definations are tough. Also linux is trashed (due to me) so > there is no problem reinstalling it. I just want to do it right for once. > > Regards; > Hoyt
Well I can tell you what I have done in the past and I think that you will find it easy. Forget about the expert mode!!! just insert CD1 immediately after defragmenting and do the standard installation and accept the defalt settings after reading through the options, you may gave to select a different mouse type or something simple like that. NOTHING will be permanently written to the hard drive until you finish disk partitioning so don't worry yet. When you get to disk partitioning select custom disk partitioning it should take you to a screen with a graphical representation of your partitions and you should see 1 large partition that is all blue that is labeled windows. Just click on it and some options should appear on the left of the screen, select resize. then just use the GUI to shrink the windows partition as much as you like, about half the original size is probably OK. Next you should see a new graphical representation of your partition table. Half of it will be blue and labled windows and the other half will be a sort of gray color with no label. Click on the gray part and then near the bottom of the screen click on auto allocate. Mandrake will divide the gray part into 3 partitions, root, swap and home next click on the done tab near the bottom of the screen and proceed with the rest of the installation. You can also have a look at the demo at http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/demos/Demo/Mandrake9.0/Install/ it is for the old 9.0 release but the installation process is still almost the same. I hope that this helps. Marc -- Composed on a 100% Microsoft and windows free computer using Mandrake Linux 9.2
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