Using partitionMagic to partition a disk

• Get PartitionMagic
  PartitionMagic is a product, do you have to buy it. I got a copy of PartitionMagic 5.01 on two floppies.
• Defragment your Windows hard drive
• Insert floppy 1 into the diskette drive, and boot off it. When is asks, insert floppy 2. PartitionMagic will start up, and show you what you have for partitions. You probably have one partition, named "NO NAME".
• You'll want to reduce the size of the existing disk partition. This will create unused space following the first partition. Then you can create a new partition in the unused space. Click Operations->Resize / Move...
• On 10/07/00, when repartitioning the 18Gig disk on my Dell CPxJ laptop to make room to install Linux, I chose to make the first (Windows) partition 4502.6MB and the second (Linux) partition 12794.0MB. I clicked OK.
• With the first partition selected, I clicked Operations->Label... and labeled it W2000.
• With the second partition selected, I clicked Operations->Create.... In the resulting window, I set the Create as: field to Primary Partition. I set the Partition Type: field to Linux Ext2. I set the Label field to LINUX. I clicked OK.
• I clicked Apply and then OK. PartitionMagic worked for about 30 minutes, showing it's progress. then it says you have to reboot. Eject the floppy and click OK.