qparted issue: cannot split ntfs partition

[Samuel Thurston, III]

I just got a new dell laptop and was eager to install ubuntu in a dual-boot
configuration with windowsXP. Since Dell no longer ships install CD's and I
don't want to lose any of the suspend/hibernate functions of my laptop, I
wanted to resize the NTFS partition to make room for an Ubuntu partiton. I
was glad to see that on the new live CD, qparted is part of the installed
packages. I opened it and tried to split the main partition, still leaving
plenty of space for the hungry windows swap file and several gigs of
application data. I rearranged the partition as I wanted and hit apply, and
after roughly 30 seconds of progress bar, the partition table redrew...
exactly as it was before. I'm a little lost as to where to go from here, I
don't really have the scratch to drop on a copy of Partition Magic, and
don't want to even if I did. I tried running an appropriate ntfsresize
command with the options set to just show me what would happen, not to
actually do it, and it said everything went fine... I am however, hesitant
to use ntfsresize in a permanent way as it would seem to have the potential
to screw things up but good. any suggestions?

TIA,
Sam
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