[TriLUG] need to rein in WinXP

Roy Vestal rvestal at trilug.org
Thu Apr 3 09:22:15 EST 2003


If you are just trying to destroy the partitions, use BCWipe to kill the
disk. It is a disk wiper: www.jetico.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chip Davis" <chip at aresti.com>
To: "TriLUG Discussion" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 5:03 AM
Subject: [TriLUG] need to rein in WinXP


> I just bought a new ThinkPad T30 which came with WindowsXP Pro installed.
> Before I can install any OSes I trust (OS/2 Warp/EcomStation, RHL 9) I
> need to curb XP's hegemony over the 60G disk.  The whole damn thing is
> formatted as an NTFS C: drive.  XP doesn't take up but 5G (does MVS need
> that much DASD space these days?) but then there's that peculiar matter
> of the hidden "recovery partition".
>
> I have successfully used Partition Magic in the past to rein in Windows'
> gluttony but that was before Linux.  Is there a better tool to use when
> dealing with UNIX filesystems?
>
> If not, does anyone have a copy of PM I could borrow just long enough to
> spank Windows?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Chip Davis-
>
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