Making Room for Linux Before Installation
You can resize your Windows partition when installing some Linux distributions, but not others. For instance, Mandrake and SuSE can make room for Linux during installation, but Fedora cannot. When you can't resize during installation, you need to resize the Windows partition before starting the installation. It's best to get a copy of Partition Magic for this purpose (www.symantec.com/partitionmagic/).
In some cases, you can use the FIPS utility to resize the Windows partition. However, often FIPS is not successful because of unmovable blocks in the Windows partition.
NOTE
Be sure to defragment and back up your hard disk before starting installation, as discussed in the previous section.
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