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FIPS is [[free software]], licensed under the [[GNU General Public License]] (GPL).
== Limitations ==
FIPS only works on primary partitions that are formatted using the [[File Allocation Table|FAT]] file system. Most new machines with Windows pre-installed use [[NTFS]], leaving FIPS obsolete for its intended purpose of resizing existing Windows installations to install Linux. In addition, FIPS cannot grow partitions due to technical limitations with the design, and partitions shrunk with it have some wasted space since it does not shrink the [[File Allocation Table]]. The filesystem to be shrunk must also be [[Defragmentation|defragmented]] before FIPS is run - since FIPS does not move data, any data near the end of the partition prevents it from being resized.
These limitations have caused it to be largely superseded by more modern tools with better filesystem support, more advanced resizing methods and more complete partitioning functionality, such as [[GNU Parted]] and [[PartitionMagic]]
== See also ==
{{Portal|Free software}}
*[[fdisk]]
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*[[PartitionMagic]]
== External links ==
*[http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/fips/fips.html FIPS homepage]
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