On Sunday October 7 2007 08:02 am, James Knott wrote:
> dougM wrote:
> > John Meyer wrote:
> >> James Knott wrote:
> >>>>> I don't know how to do that, James. Can you refer me to some
> >>>>> instructions? Thanks.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -- Doug M.
> >>>>
> >>>> In other words, what I think he is saying is just use the Windows
> >>>> partition to save your documents and skip the flash drive. That
> >>>> will work if the XP partition is formatted as FAT32. If it's NTFS,
> >>>> on the other hand, the support is still a little bit hit and miss.
> >>>> Then again, in addition to either a flash drive or using the other
> >>>> partition, you could always use a site like http://www.4shared.com
> >>>> or http://www.xdrive.com and save the files there.
> >>>
> >>> What I had recommended was to create a separate FAT32 partition, to
> >>> which the "My Documents" folder can be moved. I have done that on
> >>> my notebook.
> >
> > The thing is, I don't know how to create a partition, and I hate to
> > experiment with the C drive. Is there a site that will tell me how to
> > do it?
> >
> > Thanks again to all who wrote. Obviously I need educating, and I see
> > that I'm going to learn a lot on this list. Meanwhile, have patience
> > with me, ok? Use little words, and type slowly.
>
> As I mentioned in another note, you can create the FAT partition either
> before or during the Linux install. If you're not sure about what
> you're doing, you may want to break the process into individual steps.
> That is, using some utility, such as parted, resize the existing NTFS
> partition (you probably want to defrag it first) to make room for the
> Linux install. Then boot back into Windows and create the new FAT32
> partition. As I don't have a Windows system up at the moment, I can't
> describe the process right now. Once that's done, you can move "My
> Documents" to the new partition. Then proceed with the Linux install.
> After the install is completed, you can then create a link to the FAT32
> partition and assign appropriate permissions etc. With many Linux
> distros, you can resize the NTFS partition and create the FAT32
> partition, during the install. If you already have a dual boot system,
> you just have to resize the NTFS partition to make room for the FAT32
> one.
You can also create a Fat32 partition in Linux after installing Linux
if you know what you are doing. (It pays to back up all the information
contained in the partion that you are reduce in size to make room for the
Fat32 partition.
Dan
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