Acronis was a big help in resizing a partition containing Vista whereas when I used the ntfsresize tool, Windows would never boot again and I had to reinstall!
on Sunday 05/27/2007 John DeCarlo([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote > On 5/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > program called "bootpart" ( http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm ) to > > > add Linux to the Windows boot menu. See the bootpart web page for more > > > instructions (though its instructions mention LILO, just mentally > > > substitute GRUB). > > > > I just looked at the bootpart page. The author says that the first > > active partition on hd0 must be a FAT16 partition. This would require > > me to repartition drive 0. The only tool I trust to repartition > > Windows partitions (this is from experience) is PartitionMagic. > > > >From my own experience, I don't really trust PartitionMagic any more. It > was good when it came out. > > The only programs I would trust today, because of experience, is the program > that comes with Boot It NG > http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html > > or the newest qtparted that comes with new Linux distros. > > There may be other good ones out there, of course, but I have no experience > with them. > > -- > John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
