What the s***, Windows XP Home can't resize (shrink) it's own NTFS partitions!

I want to install Ubuntu on my laptop but the Ubuntu installer failed trying to resize my partitions (Fortunately without toasting the whole thing).

I am thinking about trying the GParted LiveCD but does anyone have any other tips?

Thanks

work hard, and be good to your mother

Sorry I meant tips specifically about resizing partitions

I used the gParted live cd to shrink the NTFS partition on my parents XP system so they could dual boot (I got sick of fixing wireless card problems on their computer too), and it worked a treat. Don't use it on Vista partitions though because Vista has a newer version of NTFS and you'll corrupt it.

fips?


edit: actually I'm not sure it does ntfs, been years since I used it. Partition magic does it if you dare risk using that.

last edited by whoop at 01:11:27 27/Apr/07

Partition Magic will do exactly what you want without corrupting data.

Vista can resize it's own partitions


last edited by HERMITech at 07:54:17 27/Apr/07

if it is a dynamic disk i'm pretty you can shrink it. if it's just a basic disk with an ntfs partition you can't. hermitech has the score with the P Magic.

I used gparted on a 2003 ntfs partition once ... it somehow managed to expand the partition so there was no more free space, but didn't give it to the existing partition.

So I'd vote, no to it.

Partition Magic will do exactly what you want without corrupting data.

But it no be free

What did ubuntu say when you tried to resize it, because I did this exact same thing the other day when i wanted to run Fiesty

Hard working man like you trog, with an appreciation for intricate coding and excellent useful technology and software, I'm sure you could fork out for PM

What did ubuntu say when you tried to resize it, because I did this exact same thing the other day when i wanted to run Fiesty

I tried it again this morning and lo and behold, the ubuntu resizer worked perfectly

Hard working man like you trog, with an appreciation for intricate coding and excellent useful technology and software, I'm sure you could fork out for PM

Why would you if there's free software that does the job just as well?

Sweet, hope you enjoy fiesty as much as I do. Iv never seen a linux OS just work as well as this did.

Because there's not really, everytime I have come across this I've wound up back at PM, which I eventually bought

Why would you if there's free software that does the job just as well?

not to mention I heard a few stories about partition magic not being so magical. Mind you I guess anything that can dynamically resize a partition full of data would inherently be dangerous.

Just do what I do trog (xp pro) move all the data onto either another partition or onto a DVD, nuke the partition & make 2 smaller ones.

can you stick the hd into a Vista machine and shrink it in there?

*edit*

did you get the new MS Action Pack (or similar) for work? It comes with instructions for howto make a Vista Live DVD. You should be able to boot off that and resize. Just a theory atm though.. I slept thru most of my Vista training

last edited by koopz at 15:18:52 29/Apr/07