On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 20:43 +0100, malcolm wrote: > how do I resize a ntfs partition so that I can put Fedora 4 on a PC that > has a 40G HD that already has XP on it ( I don't want to reinstall XP ) > > ta > > mal I�m new to Linux so someone probably can tell you a more elegant way to do it but here goes: 1st, if you don�t have one, download Knoppix 3.9 and create a CD from the image. Knoppix is the greatest tool since the Swiss Army Knife. 2nd, get rid of stuff you don�t need on the ntfs partition and do a full defrag. 3rd, boot Knoppix, click on the KMenu, System, QTParted. 4th, QTParted will display the drives it finds. Select the ntfs partition and QTParted will display a graphical picture of the drive and the partitions. Select the Re-size tool and drag it to the new size you want. That�s basically it. QTParted is easy to use - I did it about a month ago for the first time on a laptop with XP & was able to create a new partition for FC4 and it worked great. Fred E
