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Figure 9-12 Windows 10 Disk Management tool in Computer Management

Linux uses several tools for partitioning. The oldest is called fdisk—yes,

the same name as the DOS/Windows tool (though case-sensitive). That’s

where the similarities end, however, as Linux fdisk has a totally different

command set. Even though every copy of Linux comes with the Linux fdisk,

it’s rarely used because so many better partitioning tools are available. One of

the newer Linux partitioning tools is called GParted. See the “Beyond A+”

section for more discussion on third-party partitioning tools.

In the early days of PCs, you couldn’t change a partition’s size or type

(other than by erasing it) once you’d made it with any Microsoft tools. A few

third-party tools, led by PartitionMagic, gave techs the tools to resize

partitions without losing the data the partitions held. Current Microsoft tools

have more. Windows enables you to resize partitions nondestructively by

shrinking or expanding existing partitions with available free space.

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