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danulf
March 11th, 2006, 04:51 PM
I just noticed that I have a 6gig partition called 'Linux' on my laptop :D I don't want it there, so I figured I could download a trial version of partition magic and just fix it, but in the trial you can't change anything :(

Do you guys know any free software to delete/resize/merge/create partitions? My LAN teacher has a version of it, but I don't want to wait until tuesday...

Thanks in advance =)
JoshuaJonah
March 11th, 2006, 04:52 PM
not really, the only options to remove or resize partitions without harming other data are $$
danulf
March 11th, 2006, 04:58 PM
really? A teacher gave some link tips about free ones, but I can't remember them... guess I'll have to wait until tuesday then :( Thanks for the quick answer!
JoshuaJonah
March 11th, 2006, 05:03 PM
There has been a recent development in this case:
http://www.download.com/Partition-Logic/3000-2248_4-10503523.html?tag=lst-0-6
danulf
March 11th, 2006, 05:13 PM
By the rating of that, I don't think I'll take that risk :P
JoshuaJonah
March 11th, 2006, 05:28 PM
tried homie.
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danulf
March 11th, 2006, 05:57 PM
I tried it after all... You have to burn a CD and then boot from it :( I wish I had my Ubuntu live disc here :D
λ
March 11th, 2006, 05:57 PM
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
danulf
March 11th, 2006, 06:21 PM
it seems you have to burn a cd from that too :( I don't have a cd burner, I got it from my school.... thanks anyway!
kirupa
March 11th, 2006, 07:24 PM
I had that same problem. What you can do is, go to Start | Run and enter compmgmt.msc. You can delete the partition, format it as NTFS, give it a new Drive letter, and use it like you would any other disk drive.

If you want to merge the new partition with your primary C: partition, you will need to use a 3rd party program such as Partition Magic :nat:
danulf
March 12th, 2006, 04:43 AM
Hey, that works great :D Thanks!