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Hi Mad Malc 
I find that a separate USB interface hard drive is great for shuffling partition data around, as well as providing a backup archive. 
I often still use Windows XP to initialize, create primary or extended partitions and then NTFS format drives.
(For some peculiar reason, Elyssa and 'the Heron' no longer like FAT32 hard 'drives'.)
Left-click start, right-click MyComputer, left-click Manage quickly allows me to select Disk Management.
However, I have taken to using PartEdMagic v2.1, whose LiveCD fits well on to an 8cm disc and defaults to loading into and running from RAM.
(It does now include a copy of PartImage which I am not enough of a Linux Geek to drive, still preferring SelfImage, but that's another story.)
PartEdMagic now uses VisPartEd, and even better than Elyssa's interpretation of Gparted, displays Linux and Windows partition Label info ! 
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[A] rig..ASUS-EN8500GTS SATA-320+80GB G31MX-S2 2.6GHz E2160 2G _[B] rig..384M_XFX8800GS SATA-320+500GB G31MX-S2 2.9GHz E4600 2G
32-bit Hardy/Daryna, Windows XP & Vista Home Premium. http://tinyurl.com/MP3-Creation-with-the-Heron
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Hi Bruce,
I think 'The VFM ( Value for money)'s' post here: http://forum.micromart.co.uk/Topic291557-22-1.aspx.
About using a low resource Gparted Live distro to create a swap space to ease the installation of Linux operating systems onto a low spec PC shows the power of partitioning.
I also wonder if a windows user were to create say a small 'Fat32' partition as C: which is where windows traditionally places its paging file, would that also ease the installation of a windows operating system on a low spec PC?
Partitioning, may have more hidden benefits than first glance suggests.
Mad Malc
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Hi Mad Malc
Sorry to be so slow in replying to your post. I have been busy bailing out an older retiree with 1GHz P3 rig problems (blown up PSU whilst struggling with first broadband account and POP3 versus IMAP complications). (She now has a recycled AsrockP4i65G with 2.8GHzP4 and dual-boot XPhome plus Mint5 to have a play with.)
VFM's thread does merit investigation, so thank you.
Meanwhile, I must amend my opening post to reflect my now preferred use of PartEdMagic2.2 LiveCD on 8cm disc, working well on a great variety of hardware, thanks to its new Linux kernel. Its dual Windows/Linux partition labels are great, its Windows Explorer-like Thunar File Manager allows file rescues between partitions and operating systems, with great screen captures etc. (Unfortunately, its included recent copy of PartImage uses character graphics and is really still a CLI tool, so my use of the Ghost2003 utility diskette in FBI mode for Windows, plus XP-based SelfImage-121 for Linux partition imaging continues.)
(Thread opening post amended 19th July 2008 - hope it makes sense !)
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Still Learning @63 and Trying to Keep it Simple__Knowledge.Shared.Much.Better.than.Lost.Or.Concealed.
[A] rig..ASUS-EN8500GTS SATA-320+80GB G31MX-S2 2.6GHz E2160 2G _[B] rig..384M_XFX8800GS SATA-320+500GB G31MX-S2 2.9GHz E4600 2G
32-bit Hardy/Daryna, Windows XP & Vista Home Premium. http://tinyurl.com/MP3-Creation-with-the-Heron
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