From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from hagus.bright.net ([205.212.123.74]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 168ww7-0007b7-00 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 00:07:08 -0500 Received: from polaris (woos-max1-cs-26.dial.bright.net [209.143.18.45]) by hagus.bright.net (8.12.1/8.12.1) with SMTP id fAS57AgA026820 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 00:07:11 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <00aa01c177ca$6d8338e0$0100a8c0@polaris> From: "Thomas Ward" To: References: <001001c177b8$d29d5a60$0201a8c0@DannyCrone> Subject: Re: trouble using fips Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 00:06:23 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00A7_01C177A0.84162100" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A7_01C177A0.84162100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, if you have Windows on your machine try a program called Partition = Magic 7.0. You can resize partitions, merge partitions, create = partitions, and do all sorts of things with it. It is one of my favorite programs. However, as with most Windows based programs it costs a heap. It's = ruffly $70.00, but it is pretty good. =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: dannyboy=20 To: speakup=20 Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:56 PM Subject: trouble using fips Hello. When attempting to use fips, I saw that the numbers for the = starting cylinder never change. I have a 6.49 gig hard drive. So I = entered to have the new partition begin on the first free cylinder. = Instead, the old partition was decreased by only .02 gb. Fortunately I = was able to restore everything back. What other approach could be used = to create another partition without destroying data on this disk? ------=_NextPart_000_00A7_01C177A0.84162100 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi, if you have Windows on your machine = try a=20 program called Partition Magic 7.0. You can resize partitions, merge = partitions,=20 create partitions, and do all sorts of things with it.
It is one of my favorite = programs.
However, as with most Windows based = programs it=20 costs a heap. It's ruffly $70.00, but it is pretty good.
 
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From:=20 dannyboy=20
To: speakup
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, = 2001 9:56=20 PM
Subject: trouble using = fips

Hello.  When attempting to use = fips, I saw=20 that the numbers for the starting cylinder never change.  I have = a 6.49=20 gig hard drive.  So I entered to have the new partition begin on = the=20 first free cylinder.  Instead, the old partition was decreased by = only=20 .02 gb.  Fortunately I was able to restore everything back.  = What=20 other approach could be used to create another partition without = destroying=20 data on this disk?
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