Jon Schurmann
New Member
I have recently been given a new laptop (Dell 1501, Vista HP, 80gb harddrive, 1mb RAM, AMD 64x2 TL 50) and want to put on Linux and XP. One thing I have found (although in theory it is possible) is that because some files are using up about 4 blocks/areas near the end of the disk, I can't partition the disk.
How can I shrink the present partition of 80gb so that I can put on the other OS's or find out what the files are that are sitting on the area in question? I assume that I have somehow got to have a clear part at the end of the disk to be able to partition it, but without these files being moved I can't, and the ubuntu download was 695mb, so I thought maybe something like a 10000mb partition was the right way to go. XP is just something that has been thought of as a hopeful.
Maybe everything is just hopeful.
Jon Schurmann.
How can I shrink the present partition of 80gb so that I can put on the other OS's or find out what the files are that are sitting on the area in question? I assume that I have somehow got to have a clear part at the end of the disk to be able to partition it, but without these files being moved I can't, and the ubuntu download was 695mb, so I thought maybe something like a 10000mb partition was the right way to go. XP is just something that has been thought of as a hopeful.
Maybe everything is just hopeful.
Jon Schurmann.