--- On Thu, 1/15/09, Paul W. Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Paul W. Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: shrinking NTFS partitions on Windows laptop > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009, 1:48 PM > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 12:55:37PM -0800, Aldo Foot wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Paul W. Frields > <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Does Windows include a tool that lets you shrink > the system partition > > > on an installed box? I know you can't do it > while running off that > > > system, but what about something on their > installation disc? > > > > Windows has no such tool. You can only delete, create > or format > > partitions during > > install. Then later when the OS is running you have to > delete partitions if you > > want to change their size. > > GParted live CD has worked well for me when resizing > NTFS filesystems. > > Wow. I'm scratching my head over that one. So in any > case, it's nice > that the Fedora installer doesn't require you to use a > further live CD > to do this, but freedom's a good thing regardless. > > -- It depends on the version of Windows. Windows Vista does have the ability to resize partitions on the fly. Still I see no one has mentioned/suggeste3d that the drive be defragmented so that it can be resized without problems. Regards, Antonio -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines