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partition magic

PostPosted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 4:53 am
by goo
i was wondering if i could use Partition Magic to make another partition of an already existing drive with contents... i already have windows ME installed on drive c: and about 20 gb used on my drive d: second hard drive... my drive d: has 80 gb capacity and i was wondering if i could use partition magic to create another drive with 10 GB so i could install a linux OS... can i do it without erasing any contents of my second hard drive? thanks... :cool:

re: partiotion magic

PostPosted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 5:12 am
by badpolarbear
I just did a search on the web and it seems to say it can be done without destroying any files that already exist on the primary partition.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:58 am
by liljim
Partition magic can indeed do that.You have to resize the current partition smaller to create unallocated space in order for the new partition to exist.(if you dont already have unallocated space on the drive)Theres a very detailed users manual for it in .pdf format.Make sure you have adobe acrobat reader,read through the instructions and you should do fine.