Re: [Nolug] Ready to install Linux on my laptop

I'm going to copy most of the files in my docs abd a few others. Bart
Pittari walked me through it on Google Talk. I'm formatting it in two
partitions right now to get around the 32GB partition

On 9/19/06, Mark D Robinson <mrobinso@fpkc.com> wrote:
>
> How is the portable drive formatted? Often they come
>
> formatted FAT32. Is the entire drive partitioned as a
>
> single partition? What version of Windows?
>
> Are you just going to copy some files, or ghost the drive?
>
> Mark Robinson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nolug@redfishnetworks.com on behalf of Chris
>
> Johnston
> Sent: Tue 9/19/2006 9:12 PM
> To: nolug@nolug.org
> Subject: [Nolug] Ready to install Linux on my laptop
>
> I am trying to backup my files to a portable 40GB disk
>
> drive before I
> install Linux. The problem is that the drive only has
>
> 1.95GB formatted. How
> do I get Windows to see the rest of the disk? When I
>
> right-click and select
> format the drop-down box only has 1.95GB available to
>
> select.
>
> Chris Johnston
>
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