gparted can't resize a NTFS partition

[Dave Stevens]

On Monday, June 13, 2011 06:31:10 PM Stephen Kuhn wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 18:12 -0700, Patton Echols wrote:
> > > Regardless, what you can do is to find/locate a wonderful tool called
> > > "Hirens BootCD version 9.9" - not any of the later versions, but 9.9.
> > 
> > Interesting.  Why not any of the later versions?  I understand the
> > concept of "newer isn't always better."  But what is missing from the
> > later versions?
> 
> There are a large number of programs that are not included in the later
> versions of Hiren's BootCD - therefore, using an older version - this
> being 9.9 - has all the tools, plus has the XP live bit (not that I use
> THAT part much)

well I'm not finished but have found the problem and am AMAZED at how much s/w 
they packed into that .iso. Thanks very much for the tip.

Dave

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