Partitioning resizing error in QTparted
 

I was trying to resize my 144 GB NTSF partition on my hd where I have XP installed so I could install Slackware linux. I was using the Partition Magic-like program QTparted on the system rescue cd (www.sysresccd.org). I had already run a boottime scandisk in windows and a complete defrag of the drive... the only file that the drive couldn't defrag was an image file I have on there for an emulator of linux (its 15 GB). In qtparted when I try to resize the partition it gives me this error:
"Your disk has bad sectors (manufacturing fault or dying disk)"
I know my disk is good because this is only a 5 month old HP computer. Why am I getting this error, even though I've run a scandisk which said it fixed the bad sectors?

doesn't mean anything. especially the hp part kinda cancels out the fact that it's new.

I have used sysrescue cd to resize ntfs partitions so many times, successfully.

Any ideas why I'm getting this error and what I can do to fix it?