Re: Partioning Vista equipped laptop.
Thierry Chatelet <tchatelet@free.fr> writes:
> On Tuesday 30 December 2008 22:18:41 John Culleton wrote:
>> I just bought an HP Pavilion dv9925nr wiht Vista for my wife. Knoppix
>> runs on it but I haven't sorted out the wireless LAN connection yet
>> for Knoppix.
>>
>> I want to install Linux permanently on this box, which requres
>> repartitioning. Currently there are two partitions, one for Vista and
>> one for backup of Vista. I need suggestions for partitioning software
>> that will allow me to reduce the size of the Vista partition to make
>> room for a Debian partition. Suggestions on preparing the Vista
>> partion prior to reduction in size are also welcome. Other than one
>> or two emails and Firefox I have added no files to the system.
>> --
>> John Culleton
>> Resources for every author and publisher:
>> http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf
>> http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf
>> http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm
>> http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm
>
> gparted live CD
No !
This is fine with XP, but in my experience gparted wrecks Vista partition.
You should use Vista internal tools to resize the partition. You
should be able to find the procedure with google.
HTH
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