Re: [OS:N:] Open source software similar to PartitionMagic needed

[Jonathan Moore <moorejon usd465 com>]

You are legal to borrow a full install CD from someone else. What you get from 
MS is a license for use. Just borrow a CD from someone that has the full 
version and set things up how you want. 
-- 
Jonathan Moore
Directory of Technology
Winfield Public Schools
Office 620.221.5100
Fax 620.221.0508


Quoting Sivakumaran Raman <allo976 yahoo com>:

> I am presently using Red Hat 7.3 as a dual-booting
> system with Windows XP on an emachines T1400 computer.
> The computer came only with restore CDs (not
> installation CDs) for Windows XP and to create a new
> partition I had to buy PartitionMagic 7.0. This is
> because tools like fips do not work with the NTFS
> partitions that Windows XP gives by default. Since I
> had only the restore CDs (and not the installation
> CDs), I could not reinstall Windows XP using a FAT32
> file system. 
> 
> I feel that an open source software package like
> PartitionMagic is needed that is able to work with
> NTFS partitions in order to simplify the dual-booting
> process for users (at no extra cost). Maybe Red Hat
> can develop something like that. 
> 
> I am sorry if this is not the exact forum for posting
> this message---but I am a member of other mailing
> lists too and I still had no idea where to make this
> request. 
> 
> Siv Raman
> 
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