mikex Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 I'm looking for a partition manager to resize the drive on my laptop so I can put linspire or Kubuntu on the free space. Would like freeware, or full capability from share ware.We all know where and how to get the best for free, but I want to be legal.M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 you could use qtparted on the knoppix cd. It can resize ntfs, and do everything most everything Partition Magic can do(maybe more) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cherokeechief Posted September 17, 2005 Report Share Posted September 17, 2005 i think also that mandrake had a partition resizing program built into it also.you must make sure on which ever one you use that you defrag the hard drive first. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CataclysmCow Posted September 17, 2005 Report Share Posted September 17, 2005 you must make sure on which ever one you use that you defrag the hard drive first.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Why? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cherokeechief Posted September 17, 2005 Report Share Posted September 17, 2005 you must make sure on which ever one you use that you defrag the hard drive first.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Why?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>from what i understood from reading the instructions that was in the mandrake distro, it mentioned thatz defraging would make the repartitioning go a little easier.that is why i stated that.besides, if you are going to repartition without reinstalling windows, wouldn't sound like a good idea anyway?because if you don't info could become damaged when trying to resize the partitions with out reinstallling windows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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