patrickv

PC_Eye already suggested a free one so use it or you can purchase the expensive Acronis
can't think of anything free !!

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Nevakonaza

yeah i know,im downloading it now.

thanks pc eye

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StrangleHold

If your using Vista you can shrink it in Vista. In disk Management just right click on the disk and select shrink volume and put in the amount you want to take away, not the size you want i to be. Thats why I asked the question. No need for third party software.

PC eye

Vista can shrink partitions other than the one Windows is running on with the DM. Besides GParted the good ole GNU people also have another partitioning tool you run while booted in Windows called Parted Magic that runs when first loaded into memory without needing a cd-r to burn an iso image to.

With GParted however you run that with or without any OS already installed. Some additional and better illustrated screenshots for GParted and how to resize an existing partition as well as a link for the Parted Magic tool are seen at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowtoPartition

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StrangleHold

Yes it can

PC eye

I still never count on it. Besides when planning to shrink a primary the first advice is to back things up in case something goes bad on you. One little glitch for some reason and... ut ohhh... !

Another to note about the new options added of resizing and even separately seeing partitions formatted or reformatted when booting up with the Vista dvd and starting then canceling the install just to use the optional partitioning tools is still finding that 1-8mb of unallocated drive space in front or in back of the primary. GParted will see that there is 0% unallocated space still seeing what MS hasn't addressed there yet.

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StrangleHold

If you count on it or not, it will resize the partition that Vista is installed on. And you have been told a hundred times that the 8mbs of unallocated space its there by design its not something that they need to take care of, its for coverting to Dynamic Disk.