Reducing an existing Linux partition for Windows use....

[Eric Shubert]

You can use "dd" to copy/restore partitions and whole drives. You can even
do so over a network when necessary, although it's quite a bit slower.
Knoppix works well for this in any case.

Eric Cope wrote:
> regarding changing a windows partition...
> 0) defrag (several times if necessary)
> 1) make copy of partition using Acronis (buy it on sale, its worth it)
> 2) erase partition
> 3) make new partition
> 4) use Acronis to restore backup
> 
> That is what I do when ever I have windows problems (often). I just
> restore the image...
> 
> Eric
> 
> On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Jerry Snitselaar <snitsdev at gmail.com
> <mailto:snitsdev at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On Saturday 13 September 2008 01:08:20 am der.hans wrote:
>     > Am 13. Sep, 2008 schwätzte Dan Lund so:
>     >
>     > moin moin Dan,
>     >
>     > > Okay, I'm pulling the pistol away from my head now, but I'll need to
>     > > use Windows on my desktop in order to play Spore now that it is
>     >
>     > Spore looks really, really cool. The DRM crap looks really, really
>     evil.
>     >
>     > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/10/spore_drm_amazon_effect/
>     > http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/07/amazon-reviewers-clo.html
>     >
>     > Wow, they really got some people to post against them.
>     >
>     > 5 star:       3%       (73)
>     > 4 star:       2%       (50)
>     > 3 star:       0%       (21)
>     > 2 star:       2%       (57)
>     > 1 star:       90%      (2,018)
>     >
>     >
>     http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000FKBCX4/ref=dp_db_cm_cr_acr_txt/002
>     >-5356881-7975207?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
>     >
>     > Hmm, that negative review makes it sound like they dropped out
>     some of the
>     > cool features as well :(.
>     >
>     Yeah. The DRM isn't cool. Luckily they were cool about it when I ran
>     into it
>     with the Creature Creator and gave me another activation with no
>     questions.
> 
>     As far as reviews of Spore go, I think there will be mostly 3 types.
> 
>     One will be people who are trashing it just because of the DRM,
>     which I have
>     seen quite a few of and having nothing really to do with the game
>     itself.
>     Then there will be those who love it, and those who hate it. It is
>     definitely
>     geared towards mass appeal, and the different modes are fairly
>     simplified
>     compared to other games that fit those genres. So there are hardcore
>     gamers
>     complaining that it isn't detailed enough and is too easy. You have
>     other
>     people saying it is too hard. I have played lots of games over the
>     years, and
>     I have actually enjoyed it so far. It is fairly simplified, but that
>     doesn't
>     mean it can't be fun. I think that if they had added the complexity
>     that some
>     people want, you would never be able to complete a game. As it is
>     now it will
>     probably take hours upon hours to expand from your homeworld to the
>     center of
>     the galaxy. What people need to understand is the game's main
>     audience is the
>     masses of people that bought 'The Sims', not the gamer who loves
>     Warcraft
>     III, Age of Empires, and such games.
> 
>     I think that as a piece of technology it is amazing. As a game it is
>     decent.
>     It is almost like a concept car. I think they have presented a lot
>     of things
>     that hopefully others will use to further advance games.
> 
>     Hopefully they will add some features back in with the expansions
>     that will
>     most certainly appear.
> 
>     It does seems to crash every once in a while, and there is no autosave
>     feature, which is someone I really don't understand. It doesn't take
>     long to
>     save though, so make sure you do it often. I've only experienced
>     crashes in
>     the space stage.
> 
>     Re: resizing a Windows partition (someone else in the thread asked
>     this). I
>     would defrag the partition prior to resizing it.
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