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David_Jones · 09-25-2002, 12:19 AM

And.. as a follow up...

Will you lose the OS / Apps that are installed already, or will they simply now reside on a smaller partition than before?

I *REALLY* wish I had partitioned a Win98 box rather than having one big partition, but I thought I would have to re-format, re-install Win98, and then all the applications, user settings etc. and I just cannot be bothered - it would take me ages to get it all settled down again!

So, if I have, say, 2Gb of free space on the drive, then GDisk can take that free space, and make it a separate partition?

If so, how does it know that it is taking the 2Gb that is free, rather than a section of the disk that has the OS or apps on it?

Thanks in advance,

David.

09-25-2002, 12:19 AM	#9
David_Jones Member (10 bit) Join Date: May 2000 Location: New Zealand Posts: 546	And.. as a follow up... Will you lose the OS / Apps that are installed already, or will they simply now reside on a smaller partition than before? I REALLY wish I had partitioned a Win98 box rather than having one big partition, but I thought I would have to re-format, re-install Win98, and then all the applications, user settings etc. and I just cannot be bothered - it would take me ages to get it all settled down again! So, if I have, say, 2Gb of free space on the drive, then GDisk can take that free space, and make it a separate partition? If so, how does it know that it is taking the 2Gb that is free, rather than a section of the disk that has the OS or apps on it? Thanks in advance, David.