USB Partion Drive with data Part2

[op4latino]

Ok, I have a USB Western Digital 160JB External IEEE 1394 SBP2 Combo
Drive with NTFS format. I use it for backups propose, meaning the
drive already have data on it. I want to do a new partition on the
same drive and make it FAT32.

I will use this new partition for home directory of KNOPPIX (Linux) so
a 20GB will be fine.

I want to use KNOPPIX because I don’t want to do a
dual-booting/installation of any other linux flavor, I like the "CD
live" idea.

How do I do this without losing anything in the old partition?
This is my first time I will do a partition, so please give details.

NOTE: I don’t want to touch anything from my C: Drive

Will Diskpart.exe solve my problem??

This is a screenshot of diskpart on action in my computer

http://geocities.com/billyoliva/1/diskpart.jpg

DiskPart
Command line
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/enterprise/proddocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/enterprise/proddocs/en-us/diskpart.asp

N00bie question: What’s the difference between a volumen and a
partition?
What do I need for Knoppix’s home directory, volume or partition?

THANKS

 

[Yves Leclerc]

NO, Diskpart and Disk Management would not be able to resize/create
partitions without requiring you to "erase" the partition.

You would need a utility like Partition Magic but I am not sure about
USB/Firewire drive access.

BTW: IEEE 1394 is not USB. It is known as "Firewire" or Apple's "i.Link"

 

[op4latino]

NO, Diskpart and Disk Management would not be able to resize/create
partitions without requiring you to "erase" the partition.

You would need a utility like Partition Magic but I am not sure about

USB/Firewire drive access.

Oh, I see, ok

BTW: IEEE 1394 is not USB. It is known as "Firewire" or
Apple’s "i.Link"

My drive is a combo, it has both USB/Firewire connections
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=93

THANKS