funky I have partitioned using pm magic using nt with out a hitch that is so wierd you shouldn't have a problem doing this ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Clower" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 5:14 AM Subject: back to square 1 > Hello folks, > After a very frustrating laptop hard disk failure, I am back up and > running. This last weekend I decided to get Linux re-installed onto > my computer in case of another drive failure. I have noticed, > though, that my hard drive simply will not repartition itself when I > use Partition Magic. Is this a property of NTFS under Windows? If > so, will fdisk in the Slackware setup be able to resize the > partitions on the drive so I can install it? Sorry for the somewhat > abckwards question, but I can't see any way around this aside from > reformatting the drive, which right now isn't an option. > Thanks very much for any assistance, > Steve > > > > Stephen Clower, that guy from the south. > You can reach me by any of the following: > Email/MSN Messenger: steve at steve-audio.net > AIM: AudioRabbit03 > Skype: sclower > > You can also visit my little home on the web at > http://www.steve-audio.net/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup