<DIV>Thanks for your reply, Ebrahim.</DIV>
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<DIV>I realised today when I read your reply that I've got Windows 98, not 95 - am I safe to assume that this does not affect anything you said?</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks</DIV>
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<DIV>Ron</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Ebrahim Makda <e.makda@ntlworld.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>Ron Wilton wrote:<BR><BR>> Hello<BR>> <BR>> I have a computer with Windows 95 Second edition, but am also wanting <BR>> to install Linux.<BR>> <BR>> Is there a distribution that can reformat the hard-drive without <BR>> losing the existing Windows setup?<BR><BR>Yes, Mandrake, Suse (and probably all other desktop distributions) have <BR>facilities during the install phase to re partition a hard disk<BR><BR>> I'm hoping to have both Linux and Windows operating on the same <BR>> hard-drive (but on different partitions) until I have successfully got <BR>> everything working under Linux.<BR><BR>I would suggest first de fragmenting your hard disk in windows 95 ( so <BR>that all the data relating to win 95 is located in one area of the hard <BR>disk rather than being fragmented all over the hard disk) - this should <BR>give you a sizeable contiguous area on
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