Roger wrote: > Just to advise you guyz, winxp's uses a new thang for it's root > partition (mbr or something...i forget the specifics but i have some > docs on it incase you don't know what i'm talking about). > > If you try to resize winxp's partition (the partition containing it's > root filesyste), you can damage this partition beyond repair. Partition > Magice >=6.0 is able to resize winxp's root partition ok. Other > partitioner's are also becoming winxp complaint. > > My question is, can diskdrake resize the fat32 winxp partition without > loosing this data? If it's not winxp complaint, there probabely should > be either a strong warning "not to resize a winxp partition" (as i saw > known when i selected the winxp and resize option (only one stating > backup data) or a "resizing" for a detected winxp root filesystem should > probabely be deployed. > > >
I have been testing resizing of winXP FAT32 partitions--no problem yet. Please do report any problems you encounter, because we haven't found any. Yes LILO with 8.1 even seems top work fine with WinXP dual-boot. Civileme
