[ltp] resizing hard disk on ThinkPad T40?
Carl Nygard
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 23 Feb 2004 05:32:48 -0500
On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 08:29, Annika Wille wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am new as a Linux user.
>
> I tried to install Mandrake Linux 9.2 on my ThinkPad T40. It has a 40GB
> NTFS hard drive. First I checked the hard disk, then I ran defrag. But
> even though, that I have 14GB free space on my drive, I cannot resize it
> sufficiently enough within the Mandrake installation process. The reason
> might be that IBM put the Windows recovering system on a part of the
> disk.
>
> So, my questions are:
> - Can I resize my hard disk more, without loosing my Windows?
> - If yes, how?
It's not free, but PartitionMagic works well on my T40.