Yes you should be able to do that with no problems. You will need to back up your data before you do this though becasue as you said it can result in data loss. -- Jospeh C. Lininger jbahm at pcdesk.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jes and guide dog Harley" <jesman598@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 9:37 PM Subject: Linux question > Hi all, your Linux newbie here. > I was just wondering What are the risks (besides data loss) that come with repartitioning a hard disk? I know it's essential to > run Linux, but could I leave a windows partition on the hard disk as well as putting a second primary partition for Linux and one > primary partition for the Linux swap on the disk? Thanks for any help. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >