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[Boggess Rod]

>>
>> First, please don't top post.
>>
>> Second, go to www.download.com and download a copy of Paragon Backup.
>>
>> Third, clone your disk in case something goes wrong.
>>
>> Fourth, boot into a Linux live cd and use gparted (or ntfsresize,
which
>> is the command line that gparted will execute) to increase the size
of
>> your windows partition.
>>
>> Fifth, reboot into ntfs with no worries (since you have a clone), and
>> run chkdsk /f /r and reboot. Twice.
>>
>> Finally, enjoy the rest of your holidays knowing that, although
>> ntfsresize did move all of your windows data safely and you didn't
need
>> that clone, that clone is always there in case something else goes
>> wrong. (Or in case you want to easily convert it to a virtual
machine.)
>>
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>When you say clone my disk are you referring to creating an .ISO? If
>this is what you are referring to, will burning this to a CD and then
>booting from it restore Windows if something goes askew?

Are you familiar with Norton Ghost? This is like Ghost, except it
actually still works and it records Linux and Windows (as well as true
byte-imaging, if all else fails). Think of a clone as a byte-for-byte
copy of the disk's contents. Some items are actually skipped, like your
page file (virtual memory) and hibernation file and such. Paragon Backup
will allow you to record the clone to DVD or to USB (external drive or
likely multiple sticks). If you choose record to DVD directly, you may
want to choose the option that allows you to record to the local disk
and burn to DVD later. I don't remember what the selections are since I
record to a portable external drive.

If something goes wrong, you can create a bootable System Restore CD and
boot into that. It runs a version of Linux and allows you to see hard
drives, Network Drives, and USB connected storage. You run the simple
disk restore utility and it wipes out and recreates all the partitions
and data to restore the drive to the state it was in when it was
recorded. So, yes, the idea is that if something goes wrong, you can
(optionally create and) run the restore CD, and restore all the
partitions and data to the effected drive (or optionally a replacement
drive). It also has utilities to convert to the more popular virtual
machines, so you could even convert your clone and run it as a virtual
machine.

In fact, if you want to do all of this in Windows, you can also use
EaseUs' partition manager. You can get it from www.download.com, also. I
just assumed you had a live CD and that would save some effort.