BACKUP YOUR DATA!!!!
The Law of Repartitioning - The probability of repartition failure is directly proportional to the importance of the data on the drive being repartitioned.
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FIPS 2.0 | |
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DOS utility that can resize FAT16 and FAT32 filesystems without destroying data.
fips DOS boot disk |
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GNU Parted | |
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The GNU partitioning tool - it can resize, copy, and check FAT16, FAT32,
and ext2, as well as detect a few other types. You can download a Linux
bootdisk with the latest version of parted
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Partition Magic | |
| An excellent commercial partitioning tool from Power Quest. It can resize / manage FAT, NTFS, ext2, and other partition types. | |
Use the following command:
dd if=yourbootdisk.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k
As always, consult the man page for more information. dd is a very useful and versatile utility.
In Windows, use rawwritewin.exe.
In DOS, use rawwrite.exe, like this:
rawwrite yourbootdisk.img
Rick Moen's FAQ
- includes a more complete discussion of repartitioning.
The NTFS Problem For Linux
Installers - excellent discussion of how to deal with NTFS.
Did I mention that you should BACKUP YOUR DATA before repartitioning? No?
Well, you should.