Need Help partitioning a disk for dual boot

[Alan Pratt]

Before you go that direction (which is a problem waiting to happen),
try a free program called 'GParted' - you can find it with a quick
google search.

- alan

On 9/19/06, Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
> I have a new laptop that currently has Windows XP SP2. I want to create a new
> partition on the drive for Debian.
>
> My system: 30GB hard drive. Primary partition is c: with Windows XP, about 28
> GB in size (the whole drive). I want to create a 15GB partition for Debian.
>
> I have used Partition Magic 7.1 in the past to do this, but it seems that XP
> won't let it re-partition the disk. I keep getting an error 27 - can't lock
> drive at the first step. I googled around for a work around and did not find
> a good solution.
>
> Symantek now owns PartitionMagic, has a new version, and doesn't support the
> older version. After 30 minutes on the phone and referrals to 4 phone
> numbers, I finally ended up at a number that wanted to charge my credit card
> $10 in order to connect me to someone to ask them "What is the price of the
> upgrade from Partition Magic 7.1 to 8.0?"!
>
> So, it seems that XP comes with DiskPart, a command line utility to partition
> disks. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with it and could provide
> some guidance on how to use it. I start to get worried when it asks for
> offset values.
>
> Alternatively, what other options do you suggest for partitioning my drive?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Mark Phillips
> Phillips Marketing, Inc
> mark at phillipsmarketing.biz
> 602 524-0376
> 480 945-9197 fax
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