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.In that case, you can reduce the size of each such partition and reorganize the drive to include contiguous unused space that you can use to holdLinux.You can use the Windows Explorer to determine the amount of free disk space in apartition.Simply right click on the drive icon and click on Properties in the popupmenu.The Properties dialog box that appears shows the amount of used and freedisk space associated with the drive.If you are able to find one or more partitions that have sufficient free space for aLinux installation, you can use a special utility to split the used and unused portionsof a partition into separate partitions.The Linux CD-ROM includes the GPL fipsutility, which can split FAT and FAT32 partitions.For information on using fips,see the next section.WARNING: If you make a mistake while attempting to shrink apartition or if the software malfunctions, you may lose all data inone or more partitions.You should not attempt to shrink a partitionuntil you've completely backed up your system and made sure thatyour backup is usable.Many Linux users find PowerQuest's PartitionMagic utility helpful.Unlike fips,PartitionMagic is commercial software; however, it supports partition types andoperations not supported by fips.For example, PartitionMagic can split NTFS,HPFS, and Linux ext2 partitions.2.3.3.4 Using the fips utilityThe fips utility lets you split a FAT partition into two partitions, one containingthe data of the original partition and the other containing no data.Version 2 of thefips utility lets you split a FAT or FAT32 partition.Once you've run fips, youcan use the fdisk program to delete the new empty partition, creating free spacefor installing Linux.The fips utility will not split a partition unless there is at least about 10 MB of freespace at the end of the drive.Moreover, fips requires a free entry in the disk'spartition table; it will not work if your drive already contains four partitions.This section describes the procedure for using fips.It assumes that you're runningMicrosoft Windows 9x.If you're running another operating system, consult thefips documentation for special instructions.WARNING: In the words of its author, fips is "somewhatexperimental." Neither the author of this book nor the publisher canaccept responsibility or liability for damage resulting from your useor misuse of fips.You should not attempt to use fips until you'vecompletely backed up your system and made sure that your backupis usable. Also, your Microsoft operating system may assign different lettersto drives after you use fips to split a partition.For example, yourD: drive may become E:.The fips utility ensures that the C: driveremains C: so that you will generally be able to boot your system;however, you may not be able to properly access programs or filesthat reside on drives other than C:.Before running fips, you should check the condition of your hard drive by runningchkdsk, ScanDisk, Norton Disk Doctor, or a similar program.To launch theScanDisk program, click Start Programs Accessories System ToolsScanDisk.If your program reports errors, you should not attempt to split thepartition until you resolve them.Next, you must defragment your hard drive.Defragmenting a drive moves all itsdata to the beginning of the drive, leaving all the free space at the end.You candefragment your drive by using the Microsoft defrag utility.Simply click StartPrograms Accessories System Tools Disk Defragmenter.However, you canuse another defragmentation program if you prefer; the Norton Speedisk program,PCTool's Compress program, and various shareware programs are suitable.The Microsoft defrag program doesn't always defragment a drive as thoroughly aspossible.It sometimes erroneously regards some disk blocks as bad or immovable,and thus can fail to clear space that another program would successfully reclaim.Ifyou find the results of using defrag disappointing, you should consider using adifferent program.Next, you should disable virtual memory.Launch the Control Panel by clickingStart Settings Control Panel.Then, double click on the System icon.TheSystem Properties dialog box appears.Select the Performance tab and click on"Virtual Memory." The Virtual Memory dialog box appears.Make a note of thecurrent setting.Then, click on "Let me specify my own virtual memory settings"and then click on "Disable virtual memory." Click on OK to dismiss the VirtualMemory dialog box.Finally, click on OK to dismiss the System Properties dialogbox.Next, create a boot floppy, by using the Add/Remove Programs control panelapplet.Double click on the Add/Remove Programs icon in the Control Panel.TheAdd/Remove Program Properties dialog box appears.Click on the Startup Disk taband then click the Create Disk button
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