ok, I will just go to the comp store, and buy an old 98. Thanks, Tyler Littlefield. Check out our website: http://tysplace.the-leetest.net check out my blog: livejournal.com/~tylerrl [my programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features] [failure is not an option, it comes bundled with windows!] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorenzo Taylor" <lorenzo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 12:49 PM Subject: Re: help with linux and speakup? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > A new partition won't kill Windows if you have free space (for free read > unpartitioned) on your drive. If you have to delete a partition to make > another, Windows will most definitely die. If you have to resize the partition, > Windows could possibly die, and that's why programs that resize partitions tell > you to backup your data. But if your Windows partition already doesn't take up > the whole drive, it is possible to make a new partition for Linux in the unused > space. Also be aware that free space as shown in "my computer" is not unused > space where a new partition can be created, but is actually unused space on the > partition. Free space for creating a new partition is space on the drive that > is completely unallocated and therefore unknown to Windows itself. You will > need to use a program that can read the partition table to find out if you have > enough space to make a new partition. > > If you don't want to go through all that and have the money, purchasing a second > hard drive may possibly be the better solution. > > On the other hand, speaking from personal experience, when I resized my Windows > partition before I was willing to give up Windows completely on this machine, I > defragmented the hard disk and resized the partition using Partition Magic and > then installed Linux and had no data loss. However I wouldn't recommend doing > things in such a dangerous way unless you are willing to take the risk of losing > some files or making Windows unbootable. > > HTH, > Lorenzo > - -- > Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint. > -- Mark Twain > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFDvDTqG9IpekrhBfIRAolgAKC9XmBmNDG3oikKV3sG4eliVmpS7wCgjADX > Q3Pnzkh7idGmc4IxtTuOPkQ= > =Afut > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
