One option is to boot from an Ubuntu or Knoppix CD and have a running environment without installing anything.
--- Cathy L. Smith IT Engineer Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Operated by Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy Phone: 509.375.2687 Fax: 509.375.2330 Email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Niski Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 9:03 AM To: General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic Subject: Re: [PLUG] Tame Windows to permit Linux space - HOW? On 1/26/12 8:54 AM, "Richard Owlett" <[email protected]> wrote: >I wish to give Linux a try on my laptop (IBM/Lenovo T43) with 40GB >drive and 23GB free. >Should be fine for dual boot ;) LOL The problem is MS defagerrer leaves >a large clump of files in midst of my so-called "free space". > >Any way to move it where it belongs? i seem to remember that if you boot from a GParted live CD, it can resize your Windows partition without damaging anything. ________________________________________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
