Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-03-01 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 01 March 2004 01:54, Marc wrote: > YES Anne it does provide a separate home partition. The default > install may or may not put everything on one large partition I > cannot say from first hand experience, but if you do as I > instructed and

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread John Richard Smith
Hoyt Bailey wrote: No backup for XP. No backup for XP, so what do you do it it gets screwed up, for whatever reason? That means you cannot recover a situation in XP at all. Backups come in many guises but the only true backup is to external media. That way, come what may, it's recoverable. Sec

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread Marc Resnick
On Sunday 29 February 2004 02:13 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 29 February 2004 19:03, Marc Resnick wrote: > > Anne, > > I know I'm a different Marc, but I'll answer you anyway =). Yes, > > this does give you three partitions. It makes the /h

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 19:03, Marc Resnick wrote: > Anne, > I know I'm a different Marc, but I'll answer you anyway =). Yes, > this does give you three partitions. It makes the /home a little > bigger than the /, and the swap is the right size. It'

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread Marc Resnick
On Sunday 29 February 2004 01:56 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 29 February 2004 16:34, Marc wrote: > > 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 par

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread John Richard Smith
Hoyt Bailey wrote 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

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread Marc
On Sunday 29 February 2004 11:06 am, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 10:34 > Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition > > &g

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "Marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 10:34 Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition > On Sunday 29 February 2004 10:11 am, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > - Original Messag

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread Marc
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

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 09:37 Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 15:18, Hoyt

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- 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 no

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread John Richard Smith
Anne Wilson wrote: Worry not - I know, it's easy for me to talk . 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

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 15:18, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > I went I saw I didnt do very well. Don't sell yourself short, Hoyt. You're learning, and that's always good. > I did find the resize option > but it said I should run chkdisk from the run com

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 07:18 Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 13:03, Hoy

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 07:18 Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 13:03, Hoy

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 13:03, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > Ok I just went and booted CD1 for 9.2 install. There is a screen > with two options Install and F1 for help. Clicking on install goes > directely to install this is what I normally use. That's

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "Miroslav Skoric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 06:35 Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition > Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > I have been advised to defragment windo

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 06:40 Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 12

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 12:27, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 06:11 > Subject: Re: [new

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread Miroslav Skoric
Hoyt Bailey wrote: I have been advised to defragment windows. Then boot linux from cd (I assume CD1 with either 9.2 or 10.orc1) then shrink the windows partition. The problem is I dont know how to do that. Could somewone provide some detail? Try: LILO mini-HOWTO Miroslav "Misko" Skoric, skori

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 06:11 Subject: Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 12:05, Hoyt

Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 February 2004 12:05, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > I have been advised to defragment windows. Then boot linux from cd > (I assume CD1 with either 9.2 or 10.orc1) then shrink the windows > partition. The problem is I dont know how to do that. Coul

[newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition

2004-02-29 Thread Hoyt Bailey
I have been advised to defragment windows. Then boot linux from cd (I assume CD1 with either 9.2 or 10.orc1) then shrink the windows partition. The problem is I dont know how to do that. Could somewone provide some detail? Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http: