Mike Powell -> All wrote:
 MP> Has anyone ever had any success with resizing an NTFS partition with FIPS,
 MP> or any other partition editor/resizer?

 MP> The PC in question could probably use a reinstall of XP anyway, but I
 MP> thought I would ask.  I got it second-hand, and have never liked the way
 MP> that the entire 80GB drive is set up as one parition.  At the very least, I
 MP> would like to get it resized or repartitioned so that I can have the OS &
 MP> Program files in one partition, and my home partition (My Docs) in another.

 MP> That way, if Windows gets corrupted beyond repair, I might be able to still
 MP> recover my personal files.

 MP> I am also thinking I might want to resize/repartition it so I can add a
 MP> second or third OS on it.

1) I've had good success resizing NTFS partitions using the partition
editor (GPart) included in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions.

2) If you're planning to install a Linux distro, most will do the
repartitioning as part of the install process... so there's no need to do
it as a separate step.

3) Recent (2008 or later) versions of Ubuntu offer another option- the
installer can be run from within Windows, and install Ubuntu within the
existing NTFS partition. This may a safer way to go, and makes it easier to
uninstall Ubuntu if desired at some later date.

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