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

[Eric Shubert]

joe at actionline.com wrote:
> Eric last wrote:
>>> If that doesn't do it, I expect you'll need to delete the partition
>>> and re-add it, as the man page for ntfsresize says.
> 
> Well, it seems that I have ntfsresize, but no man page for it.
> 
> Brian last wrote:
>> This was going to be my other recommendation, but I thought
>> I would add a little more since it's a VERY scary process.
>> ... You can delete a partition completely and then re-add
>> it back to the drive without any data loss as long as you ...
>> Make sure that you put the start of the partition at the exact
>> same place the old one was. Make sure you take notes of the start
>> and end locations of your partitions before you start ...
> 
> Today, I discovered this: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php
> 
> CAUTION: Editing partitions has the potential to cause LOSS of DATA.
>   You are advised to BACKUP your DATA before using the gparted application.
> 
> CAUTION: Partition editing problems can be experienced using
>       GParted with newer GNU/Linux kernels (2.6.31+),
>       udev (138+), and parted (1.8.8.+ up to 2.2 inclusive).
>       These problems have even occurred with GParted Live 0.5.2-9.
> 
> So it doesn't look like gparted is going to be a viable option right now
> in any case.
> 
> Perhaps I'm forced to buckle up and try the delete and re-add route.

You might try resizing back to the original size, then chkdsk, then try 
GParted again, letting it resize the filesystem and partition together.

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-Eric 'shubes'