Andy Goth wrote:
>
> > Well, I'm no programmer, but it must not be terribly difficult as I have a
> > couple of programs that do similar things. But Partition Magic is still the
> > best, and comes with more than just the partition creator and resizer. I
> > have Partition Magic 4.0 which has a Windows and DOS version, and works on
> > ex2fs. Through creative searching, I did not pay for it (shhh), but it is
> > hard to find. There are shareware or freeware programs like Partition
> > manager and FIPS which will also create and resize partitions, but you don't
> > get the nice GUI and there is some knowledge that goes into it. Anything
> > that you want or need can be found online if you are willing put the time
> > in.
>
> FIPS, eh? Yeah, I read that it could resize partitions as well. Does
> anyone have any success stories? Any reports of failures?
>
> Since I'll have to reformat the disk to the BIOS format instead of the
> Ontrack Proprietary Format, I'm going to lose my data anyway.
>
> <lightbulb>
>
> First, I think I'll empty the C: (which is a compressed partition ala
> DoubleSpace). Then I'll move all the important DOS/Windows files onto
> it. Next, I'll reformat and repartition the big hard disk. I can
> reinstall everything I want onto it, and I can recover the important
> data and hard-to-find programs from the C:. After that, I can redo the
> old hard disk so that it has two partitions (one msdos and one ext2).
> This plan will reduce the need for floppy backups (except for backing up
> my Linux stuff--which I don't have much of yet).
>
> Still, I wait for a Windows 95 CD...
well, you could try the new (beta) DiskDrake partition resizer, since
you won't have anything to lose. It's on the Mandrake site.
