Problem resizing partition

[sunny-O0WJhd4tT3hg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org (Laura Conrad)]

>>>>> "Jerry" == Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> writes:

    Jerry> Unfortunately, Windows backups don't always restore
    Jerry> properly. 

I would have guessed that, but luckily, I don't seem to need one.

    Jerry> The most important thing to do before a resize is to defrag
    Jerry> the file system. Then, immediately after you resize the
    Jerry> partition, boot into Windows again to make sure it is still
    Jerry> operational. 

Seems to be.  I dfragged this morning, but didn't do it again after all
my searching through system management menus.  But both Windows and
Linux seem to have plenty of room.

    Jerry> Another solution might be to run a VM inside of Vista and run
    Jerry> Linux from the VM although I prefer a Linux hostOS, and a
    Jerry> Windows guest.

I thought about that, but I'm glad I got the dual boot I'm used to
going.


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