<s>
FIPS	B-Application
(	O
First	O
nondestructive	O
Interactive	O
Partition	B-Application
Splitter	O
)	O
-	O
is	O
an	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
program	O
for	O
non-destructive	O
splitting	O
of	O
File	B-Application
Allocation	I-Application
Table	I-Application
(	O
FAT	O
)	O
hard	B-Application
disk	I-Application
partitions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splitting	O
partitions	B-Application
is	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
deleting	O
the	O
partitions	B-Application
and	O
creating	O
new	O
ones	O
using	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
fdisk	B-Application
,	O
the	O
advantage	O
of	O
which	O
is	O
that	O
the	O
data	O
is	O
not	O
lost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FIPS	B-Application
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FIPS	B-Application
only	O
works	O
on	O
primary	O
partitions	B-Application
that	O
are	O
formatted	O
using	O
the	O
File	B-Application
Allocation	I-Application
Table	I-Application
(	O
FAT	O
)	O
filesystem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
new	O
machines	O
with	O
Windows	O
pre-installed	O
use	O
NTFS	B-Application
,	O
leaving	O
FIPS	B-Application
obsolete	O
for	O
its	O
intended	O
purpose	O
of	O
resizing	O
existing	O
Windows	O
installations	O
to	O
install	O
Linux	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
FIPS	B-Application
cannot	O
grow	O
partitions	B-Application
due	O
to	O
technical	O
limitations	O
with	O
the	O
design	O
,	O
and	O
partitions	B-Application
shrunk	O
with	O
it	O
have	O
some	O
wasted	O
space	O
since	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
shrink	O
the	O
File	B-Application
Allocation	I-Application
Table	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
filesystem	O
to	O
be	O
shrunk	O
must	O
also	O
be	O
defragmented	B-Application
before	O
FIPS	B-Application
is	O
run	O
-	O
since	O
FIPS	B-Application
does	O
not	O
move	O
data	O
,	O
any	O
data	O
near	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
partition	B-Application
prevents	O
it	O
from	O
being	O
resized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
limitations	O
have	O
caused	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
largely	O
superseded	O
by	O
more	O
modern	O
tools	O
with	O
better	O
filesystem	O
support	O
,	O
more	O
advanced	O
resizing	O
methods	O
and	O
more	O
complete	O
partitioning	B-Application
functionality	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
