How to shrink a windows partition to make more room for Linux?

[gk]

Well the first thing I would ask you is what is your final goal?

A full on Linux box or a dual boot.

If a full on linux box I would nuke the drive and make a separate / , swap  
and /home areas.

IF its a dual boot. That depends. But the first thing you will need to do  
is at a minimum defrag Windows 2x. If this i XP, then a 3rd party resizer  
will have to be used. Believe me this takes a LONGggg time. If it is Vista  
or W7 they have native resizers that can be found by using the help  
feature. They are kind of hidden features and not well promoted. Then with  
the free space you can do what you like.

Remember it will always be easier on yourself if Windows is installed  
first and then Linux as Windows likes to take over the MBR.


gk


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