Resize XP partition for more Ubuntu space

[Charles Malespin]

> > 
> > Hi all thanks for the help so far.  One last question...  So I currently
> > have my windows NTFS partition mounted so that I can access music etc.
> > from there.  Do I need to run "sudo umount /mnt/windows"  to unmount the
> > partition before I can use qtparted on it and resize it?  At this point
> > I am very fed up with windows so I am indifferent if I lose some data on
> > that side.  But my linux side will be ok because Im not doing anything
> > except adding more space to it right?  Thanks, 
> > Charles 
> > 
> 
> 
> Yes, umount the partition before you resize it..


Ok, I did that and when I try to click on the partition in Gparted or
qtparted it says that it cant read that partition and wont let me resize
it...  Did I do something wrong or is there something I forgot to do?