Re: Setting up partitions for dual-boot (w/ WinXP) via Intrepid installer

Mike.lifeguard wrote:
I'm trying to set up a dual-boot system by adding Intrepid to my WinXP
machine - this requires that I resize (shrink) the NTFS partition.
However, in the installer, I don't see the option to do that (which is
referred to in the docs & several people have told me it exists). The
options presented to me are a) guided - use the whole disc b) manual.
(neither of which can resize existing partitions).

I'm guessing that the resize option only appears when there is enough
contiguous free space on the disc (which I don't have). So, beyond
defragging aggressively and reducing the page file size in Windows, is
there any other way to gain contiguous disc space?

Buying another disk? Moving your partitions?
Seriously if you do not have contiguous space, you are out of luck.;-)

And if you have not defragmented your Windows Drive(s) before
rearranging them, I would STRONGLY recommend to do just this before
going on with your repartitioning efforts.

Kind regards
Eberhard


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