[ltp] Partition Magic/Partition-It/Fips & Win XP

[D. Sen]

So much for the plan of using my old 10 Gig hard drive. Turns out its 
too thick to fit into the TP30. I understand the 60 Gig that IBM sells 
is also too thick....

Guess, I am going to have to buy another hard drive that fits the 
thickness specs to do this.....

DS
D. Sen wrote:
> Getting a second Hard Drive is an excellent idea. (I have a 10 Gig Hard 
> drive from a TP600 from ages ago that I could use). Any idea how I could 
> copy over the hidden partition that contains the backup preinstall data?
> 
> (I will need some sort of a FAT/NTFS partition for the hibernation file 
> though in the linux drive).
> 
> Rob Mayoff wrote:
> 
>> +---------- On Jul 2, D. Sen said:
>>
>>> As a preliminary step to installing Linux, I am trying to resize a Win
>>> XP (NTFS) partition (on a T30 Thinkpad). I am told fips wont work. Is
>>> the $70 for the one time use of Partition Magic justified?
>>
>>
>>
>> Partition Magic can shrink NTFS partitions.  Whether that is worth $70
>> is up to you.
>>
>> You might consider getting a second hard drive.  For example, here's a
>> 6.4 GB hard drive on Ebay, currently at $40.
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2034809411
>>
>> Maybe you could copy your XP installation onto it and then use your
>> entire original hard drive for Linux.
>>
>>
>>
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