> ... > I would also recommend backing up your data (create an image of the > partition), just in case. I've used Partition Magic with mixed results. Last time I used it, I noted that in the documentation it says that you should avoid changing partitions too often. Unfortunately, that was not the answer I wanted at the time. (So I had fun booting on a floppy and backing up the important stuff to floppy by hand, and I was glad that machine only had two floppies with of important stuff on it.) Now, I have to admit, I was trying for triple boot at the time, and had already moved the MSW partitions about five or six times in unsuccessful placement strategies before PM lost my MSW boot block. ;-P > Do a google search, to find aout more about Partition Magic. > ... > > I have 2 hard drives. I want to partion the second hard drive. It already > > has about 4 gigs of data from Windows on it. When I partion the disk, will > > any of my hard drives be wiped? Could I possible lose data? Why do I read that question and feel as if I am going into oxygen starvation? Partition your disk and ye shall lose data. (Partitioning re-writes the information that the operating system uses to keep track of your data. So, no, it is not just "possible", the probability is better than 99% that you want be able to find the data on your disk after you partition it, unless you _really_ know what you are doing, _and_ enjoy reading hex dumps from special device files.) Back your data up before you start to play with your partitions, at any rate. -- Joel <rees@xxxxxxxxxxx>
