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

[Norman Levin]

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? 

** call up IBM and get the CD's for restore.  Just what you want, a recovery
partition on a disk that crashes. 
norm

>> 
>> (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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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> D. Sen, PhD
>> http://www.auditorymodels.org/~dsen
>> 
>> 
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