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I'm not exactly sure which board would be most appropriate for this request, so I'm putting it here also...

I was wondering if someone could provide some guidance on the following issue:
 
I have a hard DRIVE that currently has only one primary partition (FAT32) on it.  Is there a way that I can resize this partition so as to add two additional primary PARTITIONS without having to lose anything currently on the drive?  I would like to be able to set up this system for a DOS 6.22 & WinXP dual boot.
 
Any information would be greatly appreciated.   :-? :-? :-?Hello,

Except if I am mistaking but I you want to install XP your partition has to be NTFS and so your hard drive has to be formated and that includes losing everything thats on your hard drive.

Hope this Helps

Almn Quote

I'm not exactly sure which board would be most appropriate for this request, so I'm putting it here also...

I was wondering if someone could provide some guidance on the following issue:
 
I have a hard drive that currently has only one primary partition (FAT32) on it.  Is there a way that I can resize this partition so as to add two additional primary partitions without having to lose anything currently on the drive?  I would like to be able to set up this system for a DOS 6.22 & WinXP dual boot.
 
Any information would be greatly appreciated.   :-? :-? :-?

Use Partition Magic.Use Partition Magic OR remove ALL partitions, install DOS on the first 2 gigs, and then XP on the remainder. XP will install boot manager so you can access either when you boot. The XP portion will NOT be able to be seen or used by the when booted to DOS.

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Hello,

Except if I am mistaking but I you want to install XP your partition has to be NTFS and so your hard drive has to be formated and that includes losing everything thats on your hard drive.

Hope this Helps

Almn

Thanks for your reply.  XP can reside on an NTFS or a FAT32 partition, though.  Obviously, NTFS makes better use of the space.Raptor & GX1_Man,

Thanks for the replies.  I had heard some not-so-nice things about Partition Magic.  Have you guys had experience with this program?  Is it reliable?

I had also found a program that I believe is similar to Partition Magic.  It's called BootIt NG.  Have you guys heard anything about this one?

Again, thanks for the help everyone.
Either will work for you if you carefully follow the instructions. There are horror STORIES about everytghing - even computers themselves, and MICROSOFT products!  

As I said, you can do all of this without any additional software. It just takes some time and planning.Yeah, if you talk to enough people, you'll hear crazy stories about everything, I guess...

Anyway, is Knoppix capable of a task such as this, or am I barking up the wrong tree???   :-/

Resizing and modifying existing partitions is serious business. You can hose your whole system. There are Linux and Windows tools that may be helpful, but as I said.......


By the way, how is the ear, Vincent?A man with one ear listens more attentively.  Unfortunately, in this case, I've heard nothing useful as of YET...   :-/From my first reply:

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Use Partition Magic OR remove ALL partitions, install DOS on the first 2 gigs, and then XP on the remainder. XP will install boot manager so you can access either when you boot. The XP portion will NOT be able to be seen or used by the when booted to DOS.
Backup & try, you might end up reformatting after all but at least you don't have to reformat right away.


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