Partition help!!

[Dograzor]

hey guys.... i need help with making partitions for my harddrive.... im a noob when it comes to such stuff... so plz go easy on this....

Well, first thing is, i have a 100GB HDD and its split up in a C: and D: drive....

Now, the C: im using for windows, and the D: im using for fedora....

now the point is, i want to reduce size of the D: drive, because i dont use fedora too much, still experimenting with it, and want to make another E: drive or so for windows..... from about 10 gig....

Or, if possible, because my D: drive is still listed in my computer but cant be used, to have 10 gig on that.... now any programs and help how to do that???

[born2phrag]

Partition Magic will do the trick. Or, if you're on Vista, use the disk management utility. ;)

[STi FlyBy]

Partition Magic will do the trick.

Partition Magic is a good program, but it costs money. Personally, I think that gParted (http://gparted.sourceforge.net/) is a good open-source alternative ;)

[Dograzor]

Partition Magic is a good program, but it costs money. Personally, I think that gParted (http://gparted.sourceforge.net/) is a good open-source alternative ;)

welll hey.... do u have something i can use in windows.... and not open source plz.... im a noob in this stuff....

[STi FlyBy]

welll hey.... do u have something i can use in windows.... and not open source plz.... im a noob in this stuff....

Partition Magic - that's the standard.

[echo prime]

Or use bootit ng (http://www.techspot.com/downloads/412-bootit-next-generation.html). :)

[acal3000]

You should use the gparted live cd

Sometimes moving the partitions it's better done in a start up disk than the OS itself

and if you use fedora dual booted it must have tools to to do it like most distros have

I dual booted fedora some months ago with xp but i did it from the installer it took me ages to setup it up until I did it but I was still too noob in linux whne i made this

I found mandriva too much easy to setup dual boot with vista and mandriva than when I did it on fedora and i ALSO resized my linux partition taking space from vista some months ago of ,y partitions to with the porgram is there.

Also when you do it if windows take ages to load do be worry about that Sometimes When the windows partition is resized some utlity of windows (autochk i think is but i'm not sure) has to recognize the new size again and can take a considerable time when is doing it ) mine took more than 2 hours if remember well) but once when it's done e windows get back to the normal boot again

[Dograzor]

now hey new scenario..... thnx for the help... but:

I want to delete my fedora partition.... reformat it... point is, its using Grub boot system.... now how do i remove that.??

the common way is to do something with a win xp cd, but i dont have one with me, that is the main prob.....

check it out here (http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?p=829197#post829197), and see wt i mean.... the guys at the other forums didnt reply yet.... can u guys help me out?

[STi FlyBy]

the common way is to do something with a win xp cd, but i dont have one with me, that is the main prob.....

Boot into the installer, go to the recovery console ("R") and type the following:
fixmbr

I understand you don't have your disc, but when you come across it, that's how you do it ;)

[Dograzor]

Boot into the installer, go to the recovery console ("R") and type the following:
fixmbr

I understand you don't have your disc, but when you come across it, that's how you do it ;)

yeah but question is... can u do it without disk????

[STi FlyBy]

yeah but question is... can u do it without disk????

No, you can't.

If you use the gParted program I suggested, you can delete/format the FC partition. GRUB should still boot up, and just select Windows as usual until you can get access to your Windows disc, and then do the "fixmbr" command, and it'll be all set. Also, you can take a look at the Ultimate Boot CD (http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/), which is a handy little collection of software that is written to a live CD.