most modern OSes support dual boot, which means using part of the free space on a drive with an existing OS installed, for the new OS. They modify the boot loader so that the users gets a choice of which OS to boot into.

On 9/16/2011 10:01 AM, Gary Udstrand wrote:
My son needs to partition his drive to add Linux to his laptop (dual boot).
  I am looking for some recommendations for a partition tool that is
non-destructive and hopefully free.  :-)

Thanks!

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Gary
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