Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-03 Thread Aurélio Diniz
In my case, has i said before, PM7 worked fine to make a new partition for my linux. But first you must do the following steps before using it: - Scandisk and Defrag - Backup all you important data (just in case) Ando go for it! The worst that can happen is that you'll have to reinstall your windo

Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-03 Thread Guy Rouillier
- Original Message - From: "Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 2:30 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000 > partitions, provided it is installed on Windows. I only have V5 which > doesn&#

RE: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-03 Thread Tony S. Sykes
the software and do what ever you feel comfortable with out of the suggestions put forward so far. Tony. -Original Message- From: Franki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 7:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Linux & W2000 yeah, I'll agree

Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-03 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Smiley wrote: Hi, I know this topic isn't exactly new :) but I need help in order to allow a friend of mine to get rid of W2000 :-D What I need is to know how he can resize (avoiding re-installation) of W2000 without losing any datas... I know diskdrake can't do that... So, any suggestion abou

RE: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-02 Thread Franki
PM6 could not fix it, so I deleted it.. no use for useless software.. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of FemmeFatale Sent: Friday, 3 January 2003 3:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000 At 10:

Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-02 Thread FemmeFatale
At 10:41 AM 1/2/2003 +, you wrote: On Thursday 02 Jan 2003 12:05 am, Smiley wrote: > On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 23:30:02 - > > Aurélio Diniz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Smiley: > > Don't even think about resizing your win2k partition with diskdrake. It > > can mess up your win2k. > > I didn't :

Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-02 Thread Warren Post
El mié, 01-01-2003 a las 16:38, Smiley escribió: > What I need is to know how he can resize > (avoiding reinstallation) of W2000 without > losing any datas... FAT32 or NTFS? If the latter, I can't help you. But if the Win2K partition is FAT32, then try parted, available at Freshmeat or at: http:/

Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-02 Thread John Richard Smith
Guy Rouillier wrote: - Original Message - From: "John Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 8:31 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000 PM6 is no good for partitioning where the windblows made partiti

Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-02 Thread Guy Rouillier
- Original Message - From: "John Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 8:31 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000 > PM6 is no good for partitioning where the windblows made partitions > will be

Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-02 Thread Francisco Alcaraz Ariza
Acronis It comes with the power pack 9.0 El Mié 01 Ene 2003 23:38, Smiley escribió: > Hi, I know this topic isn't exactly new :) > but I need help in order to allow a friend of > mine to get rid of W2000 :-D > > What I need is to know how he can resize > (avoiding reinstallation) of W2000 witho

Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-02 Thread John Richard Smith
Smiley wrote: Hi, I know this topic isn't exactly new :) but I need help in order to allow a friend of mine to get rid of W2000 :-D What I need is to know how he can resize (avoiding reinstallation) of W2000 without losing any datas... I know diskdrake can't do that... So, any suggestion about

Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-02 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 02 Jan 2003 12:05 am, Smiley wrote: > On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 23:30:02 - > > Aurélio Diniz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Smiley: > > Don't even think about resizing your win2k partition with diskdrake. It > > can mess up your win2k. > > I didn't :) I bought PM6, which is already unsupp

Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-01 Thread erylon hines
On Wednesday 01 January 2003 06:05 pm, you wrote: > On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 19:05, erylon hines wrote: > > I've used PM for years with my Linux installs, and all I do > is resize the FAT32/NTFS partition(s), and then create the *nix > partitions with the DiskDrake, cfdisk, et al. Never had a probl

Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-01 Thread Chuck Burns
On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 19:05, erylon hines wrote: It is o.k. to use diskdrake IF the W2k partition is FAT. If it is NTFS you shouldn't try it. Partition Magic will work, but it will only do ext2, and be careful--it can mess up your partition table (for sure--it has happened to

Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-01 Thread Smiley
On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 17:05:05 -0800 erylon hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is o.k. to use diskdrake IF the W2k partition is FAT. If it is NTFS you > shouldn't try it. Uhm... I was just told diskdrake can resize ntfs partition, but can't move datas; so defragging on W2000 and being sure ho

Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-01 Thread erylon hines
On Wednesday 01 January 2003 03:30 pm, you wrote: > Smiley: > Don't even think about resizing your win2k partition with diskdrake. It can > mess up your win2k. > I used partition magic 7 and all worked fine. > > It is o.k. to use diskdrake IF the W2k partition is FAT. If it is NTFS you shouldn't

Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-01 Thread FemmeFatale
At 11:38 PM 1/1/2003 +0100, you wrote: Hi, I know this topic isn't exactly new :) but I need help in order to allow a friend of mine to get rid of W2000 :-D What I need is to know how he can resize (avoiding reinstallation) of W2000 without losing any datas... I know diskdrake can't do that... S

RE: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-01 Thread A. Contreras
m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of walt Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 6:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Linux & W2000 Just back up any data you need and just start over again..I've had nothing but trouble with partition magic and resizing partitio

RE: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-01 Thread walt
7:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000 On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 23:30:02 - Aurélio Diniz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Smiley: > Don't even think about resizing your win2k partition with diskdrake. It can > mess up your win2k. I didn't :)

Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-01 Thread Smiley
On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 23:30:02 - Aurélio Diniz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Smiley: > Don't even think about resizing your win2k partition with diskdrake. It can > mess up your win2k. I didn't :) > I used partition magic 7 and all worked fine. I was reported PM 6 could mess all things up; if

Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-01 Thread Aurélio Diniz
Smiley: Don't even think about resizing your win2k partition with diskdrake. It can mess up your win2k. I used partition magic 7 and all worked fine. good luck filipe dinis - Original Message - From: "Smiley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 01

Re: [newbie] Linux & W2000

2003-01-01 Thread mike
On Wednesday 01 January 2003 05:38 pm, you wrote: > Hi, I know this topic isn't exactly new :) > but I need help in order to allow a friend of > mine to get rid of W2000 :-D > > What I need is to know how he can resize > (avoiding reinstallation) of W2000 without > losing any datas... > > I know di