Please use FDISK first since it's not incompatible with Microsoft stuff.
http://fdisk.radified.com/ writes "FDISK's #1 strength is compatibility"
Bob
I'm installing a new HD and am planing to create 3 partitions on the 160g drive. I have partition magic for this task, but I also have drive image (both are Power Quest programs) as I want to create a backup bootable image in one of the partitions. I've not used these programs before but the read me file for drive image says it has a limited partition ability. I'm asking should I let drive image create the partition or use partition magic first and use that one instead?

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