Pete Daniels wrote: >>>So do I run Ubuntu from the Desktop CD, open a terminal window and > type "gparted" on the command line? Or do I have to download gparted > separately (gparted live CD?). Will it be tricky to understand how to > use that -- I haven't used gparted before. > > Gparted is included in the CD, system > administration >gnome partition > editor. It's dead simple, if you know your way around a partition list, > it shouldn't give you any problems. I had no trouble with the Ubuntu partitioner... In Mike's case I would probably use RIP [1] (or some other LiveCD) and do ntfsresize first before doing the install. Note: you have to do the defrag, reboot, chkdisk dance [2]. HTH, --Tom [1] http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/ [2] http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html