what is the best way in resizing ntfs

LinToWinWin · 09-18-2005, 08:56 PM

my office pc came pre installed with win xp. I installed linux in that. Now, I want to decrease the size of the NTFS volume (currently its 75 GB).

I am running mandriva linux.

As i researched the forums, i found that, it is a bit risky to resize the partition from linux.

In that case, if I use partition magic to do that, will it be safe? Will there be any problem with booting linux? Please let me know.

Windows : C: (NTFS)
Common drive : D: (FAT32)
Linux : ext3

Want to transfer 60GB from C: to D:

tkedwards · 09-18-2005, 09:23 PM

Mandriva already comes with a very good partitioning tool. Click menu->System->Configuration->Configure Your Computer then goto Mount Points->Partitions.

You can see the official documentation for it here: http://doc.mandrivalinux.com/Mandriv...diskdrake.html

And yes it is safe, I know this from personal experience.