If you can afford the program use Partition Magic ver 6 or 7. They're a godsend for dualbooters :)
I use it with few problems except the ones I've caused myself. Femme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > I purchased Mandrake 8.1 to see what Linux was like. I have a very limited > knowlage of window but I am quite adapt at pointing and clicking. I decide to > install it on my lap top but did not have sufficent resources. The next move > was the home computer. A 1 gig AMD KT7A/Riad (Riad disabled) with a TNT Vid > Card and a Maxtor 30gig HD, 384 megs of ram. It also has a Surfboard phone > up/cable dowm modem. WinME working it all.I settled in for what the book said > would be an easy install. > > I lost C:, I zapped out DOS, I got Linux in. I lost Linux, I lost windows. > I'm sure I saw a Penguin flip me off. I got windows back, to make a long > story short here's where I am now. > > WinME running, Linux just left on it's own, my 30 gig drive reads in windows > as 2 gig, when i look at in Linux install it shows blue/2 gigs for windows, > the rest is a white bar. All in all I wasn't too unhappy since I don't store > a thing on my drive but software, what's six hours to reinstall it. Oh did I > mention that some idiot forgot he did his taxs....zapped...the wife really > liked that one. > > I have come up with three conclusions to what may have happened > 1. I have failed to pray to the God of LINUX correctly or not left enough > fish at the penguins feet. > 2. Bill Gates is evil and personally hates me. > 3. I have no dang clue what I am doing any and all mistakes are my fault. > > I have opted for number three....but I have not ruled out the other two. I > would love to try LINUX, I would also like my hard drive back. I guess what I > need is a quick course in partitioning, spelled out idiot proof, and some > simpler instructions on how to install this as a dual boot system. > > Any help would be appreciated, fish can also be arranged. ;-) > > Mike > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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