Thanks Mac - I'm just literally about to go to the install PC and install Ubuntu (Studio) - I will follow your advice (shouldn't take long, there isn't much on it). ________________________________
James Milligan Global Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Business Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Private Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: www.lake54.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mac Sent: 29 July 2008 18:51 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual booting (Was: Re: Bug Day) alan c wrote: > James Milligan wrote: > >> Also, can someone advise me on a Windows program that can partition >> my drive more effectively than the built-in one with Windows? I've >> got a ~300 GB HDD, 293 is registering (that's pretty much normal), >> I've got ~65 GB free, but can only create a new partition of 2GB >> (shrinking the main partition by 2GB, therefore expanding unused >> space). > > I would be very suspicious about this. It may be that somehow there > are non movable items near the end of the drive, I do not know much > about that stuff. I did find one (only) drive which could not be > shrunk for some weird reason. Wubi would be ok for this case anyway, > but it is not very robust with power failures (or I guess forced power > downs). Not sure what's going on with this drive, but isn't it generally a good idea to defrag a WinXP drive before trying to install a dual boot? Might be a good idea to do that, James. Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.6/1579 - Release Date: 29/07/2008 06:43 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.6/1579 - Release Date: 29.07.2008 06:43
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