On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 16:54 -0700, Josef Lowder wrote: > I'm trying to install Mandriva into a dual boot setup on a new HP laptop > on which win-xp has taken the entire 60-gig drive and won't allow resizing. > Is there some way around this? > > I see: > ntfs resize failed > ntfs resize v1.11.2 > NTFS volume version 3.1 > current volume size 60,003,381760 bytes - 60004 MB > followed by a long list of incremental percentages. > > If possible, I'd like to avoid reformatting the entire hard drive > and deleting XP entirely. ---- you might want to defragment the partition first to make sure that there isn't data spread out all over and try again. Craig --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss