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112 Appendix E:An Introduction to Disk Partitions

CAUTION

As Figure E–10, Disk Drive Being Destructively Repartitioned shows,

any data present in the original partition will be lost without proper

backup!

Non-Destructive Repartitioning

Here, you run a program that does the seemingly impossible: it makes a big partition smaller

without losing any of the files stored in that partition. Many people have found this method

to be reliable and trouble-free. What software should you use to perform this feat? There are

several disk management software products on the market. You will have to do some research

to find the one that is best for your situation.

While the process of non-destructive repartitioning is rather straightforward, there are a number

of steps involved:

• Compress existing data

• Resize the existing partition

• Create new partition(s)

Let’s take a look at each step in a bit more detail.

Compress existing data

As Figure E–11, Disk Drive Being Compressed shows, the first step is to compress the data in your

existing partition. The reason for doing this is to rearrange the data such that it maximizes the available

free space at the "end" of the partition.

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