Help with partition prog.

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Egwig the Fit

Sourceforge have a free partition prog, Gparted, which is supposedly
simple enough that even a dumf hook like myself can understand and
utilise its benefits.

However, I am already in trouble before I even download it.

Clicking 'Download' opens up an option of two different files.
One with an extension of tar.bz2, and the other tar.gz, both of which
mean little me.

I am using XP Home on one machine XP Pro on another and 98SE on a third.
Which file should I download, if any, and why?

Thanks for your patience

Egwig
 
Hello.. those are Linux files... and you cannot use them on windows.

however there is a bootable version of gparted, called GPARTED LIVECD,
that you can burn into a cd, and boot your computer with.
Your computer will boot into this program so you can do what you want with
your disk...

go here
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=115843&package_id=173828

(the above is one link) and download the file that says:

gparted-livecd-0.2.5-3.iso


and use your burning software to create a cd from that ISO file,
then boot your pc using the cd....
 
Egwig said:
Sourceforge have a free partition prog, Gparted, which is supposedly
simple enough that even a dumf hook like myself can understand and
utilise its benefits.

However, I am already in trouble before I even download it.
Click to expand...

Ewig;

Gparted runs linux. Instead of just the binaries, then, you'll need a
linux disto + gparted. Not as difficult as you might fear. The gparted
peeps have it all set up for download.

It's an iso that you d/l, burn to disc and then boot from...

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

hth,
-Craig
 
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