Allan, What you describe is possible, and perhaps can be done (carefully) with low risk, but, not with no risk. I think you need to evaluate how important your data is, including what it would cost (in money, time, whatever) if you lost it, and seriously consider obtaining some means of backup. If it was me, Murphy would be sure to get me just out of spite. ;-) Randy Kramer Allen Joseph M Hernandez wrote: > > > Situation: > > I have a 15GB Maxtor HD and no form of backup media whatsoever. > > The 15GB runs Win9X and is divided into 5 partitions equally > [3G each], all of them FAT32.[CDEFG] > > I have about 6GB of important data (Media Files, PDFs....) and > my son's MP3s. I don't have a burner or an extra hard drive and > 6GB is about as small as everything can get. > > Question: > > Is it possible for me to: > 1. move all of this data into D and E, > use C for Win (without resizing C,D,E); and > 2. convert F and G to swap,/,/usr,/home using the auto-allocate > thingy and into ReiserFS, while > 3. still accessing my data without any problems in both Mandrake > and Win9X. > > Does keeping the size of CDE constant maintain the integrity of > my files? > Is changing my partition table for only the F and G part going to > affect my data? [make it useless, or invisible to either OS] > > The machine has 64MB of RAM, so would I still need a sufficient > swap file size, or shouldn't I bother with it since what I'm trying > to do with partition tables is impossible? > > Any and all help is appreciated. TIA. > > > __________________________________ > www.edsamail.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://wwww.mandrakestore.com
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