[ltp] Resize NTFS Partition?

[James Mckenzie]

Bjorn:

WindowsNT 4.0 + does this.  I don't know if Windows2000 does, but I know 
that XP installs as FAT then does the "switch" as we installed WindowsXP 
on a 'fresh' drive.  I don't know how to keep XP from doing the switch.

James Mckenzie

Bjorn Knutsson wrote:

>On 20 Feb 2003 00:05, Allen, Michael B (RSCH) wrote:
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>>Is there a utility that can shrink an NTFS partition safely? Can I install RH on a
>>T30 (236652U) and keep the factory install of W2K but squish it down to 15Gigs?
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>No free software that I know of, but Partition Magic can.
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>Plan B is nuking your W2K, kill the first partition, re-create it at
>the size you want, and recover your system from recovery partition or
>CDs. I've done this with Win XP on my T23.
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>With XP, it actually installs the system using FAT, and then after
>you've finished the installation, it pulls a fast one one you and
>converts the partition to NTFS.
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>I decided that I preferred FAT, since that allows me to create a
>hibernation file and hibernate from Linux, so when it rebooted the
>last time before converting, I booted into Linux and pulled the rug
>out from under the file system conversion, leaving me with the FAT
>file system.
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>Incidentally, this also means I can now use FIPS if I want to resize
>my windows partition again...
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>/Björn
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