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There are two places in this chapter where we present (roughly) the

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same information about repartitioning a disk holding DOS partitions.
The earlier (in the text) one is at a more logical place in the flow
of the text, and it also contains more up-to-date information.  Add a
few more tidbits culled from the installation notes to the first
discussion about repartitioning and remove the second.
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partitions — used in &ms-dos; through &windows; ME. Both
<application>&partitionmagic;</application> and
<application>GParted</application> are known to work on
<acronym>NTFS</acronym>.</para>
<acronym>NTFS</acronym>. <application>GParted</application>
is available on a number of Live CD Linux distributions, such as
<ulink url="http://www.sysresccd.org/">SystemRescueCD</ulink>.</para>
<para>Problems have been reported resizing &microsoft; Vista
partitions. Having a Vista installation CDROM handy when
attempting such an operation is recommended. As with all
such disk maintenance tasks, a current set of backups is
also strongly advised.</para>
<warning>
<para>Incorrect use of these tools can delete the data on your disk.
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</note>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Dealing with Existing &ms-dos; Partitions</title>
<indexterm><primary>DOS</primary></indexterm>
<para>Many users wish to install &os; on <acronym>PC</acronym>s inhabited by
&microsoft; based operating systems. For those instances, &os; has a
utility known as <application>FIPS</application>. This utility can be found
in the <filename>tools</filename> directory on the install CD-ROM, or downloaded
from one of various <link linkend="mirrors">&os; mirrors</link>.</para>
<para>The <application>FIPS</application> utility allows you to split an
existing &ms-dos; partition into two pieces, preserving the original
partition and allowing you to install onto the second free piece.
You first need to defragment your &ms-dos; partition using the &windows;
<application>Disk Defragmenter</application> utility (go into Explorer, right-click on
the hard drive, and choose to defrag your hard drive), or use
<application>Norton Disk Tools</application>. Now you can run the
<application>FIPS</application> utility. It will prompt you for the rest of
the information, just follow the on screen instructions. Afterwards, you can
reboot and install &os; on the new free slice. See the <guimenuitem>Distributions</guimenuitem> menu
for an estimate of how much free space you will need for the kind of
installation you want.</para>
<para>There is also a very useful product from PowerQuest
(<ulink url="http://www.powerquest.com/">http://www.powerquest.com</ulink>) called
<application>&partitionmagic;</application>. This application has far more
functionality than <application>FIPS</application>, and is highly recommended
if you plan to add/remove operating systems often. It does cost money, so if you
plan to install &os; and keep it installed, <application>FIPS</application>
will probably be fine for you.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Using &ms-dos; and &windows; File Systems</title>