Step 3i: used QT-Parted to delete all but the first partition containing my irreplaceable programs.
Note: drive hda is the Hitachi CD-Rom, according to QT-Parted.

Hard Boot
used QT-Parted to create a second partition, about 2G in length.
tried to use QT-Parted to create a third partion. QT-Parted crashed.
Hard Boot
used QT-Parted to create a second partition, ext3, about 2G in length.
committed change and exited QT-Parted.
restarted QT-Parted and created a third partition, ext3, about 12.6G in length.
committed change and exited QT-Parted.
restarted QT-Parted and created a fourth and final partition, linux-swap, about .996G.
committed change.
formatted second partition as ext3.
committed change.
formatted third partition as ext3.
committed change.
exited QT-Parted.
Hard Boot.

restarted KNOPPIX.
mounted partition 3, marked as readable, marked as read/write/.
tried to copy the .bat file off the KNOPPIX disc onto partition 3.
Failed. Could not create the new .bat file.

opened console.
cut and pasted previous suggestion.
result.text contents posted below
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+ cat /etc/knoppix-version
4.0.2 2005-09-12
+ cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name

33 0 20094480 hde
33 1 5116671 hde1
33 2 779152 hde2
33 3 1333395 hde3
33 4 12860032 hde4
240 0 1942016 cloop0
+ cat /etc/fstab
/proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/sys /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
/dev/pts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/auto/floppy auto user,noauto,exec,umask=000 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/auto/cdrom auto user,noauto,exec,ro 0 0
/dev/cdrom1 /mnt/auto/cdrom1 auto users,noauto,exec,ro 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hde1 /mnt/hde1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppi x 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hde2 /mnt/hde2 auto noauto,users,exec 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hde3 /mnt/hde3 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hde4 /mnt/hde4 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
+ sudo fdisk -l /dev/hda /dev/hdb /dev/hdc /dev/hdd /dev/hde /dev/hdf /dev/hdg /dev/hdh
Disk /dev/hda doesn't contain a valid partition table
Note: sector size is 2048 (not 512)

Disk /dev/hda: 728 MB, 728195072 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 22 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 2048 = 32901120 bytes


Disk /dev/hde: 20.5 GB, 20576747520 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2501 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hde1 * 1 637 5116671 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hde2 638 734 779152+ 83 Linux
/dev/hde3 735 900 1333395 83 Linux
/dev/hde4 901 2501 12860032+ 83 Linux
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