Hello. I have used this tool and it works very well here are some instructions: <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=113630">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=113630</a> <div class="gmail_quote"> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Joel Frost <<a href="mailto:joelfrost@live.com">joelfrost@live.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jonathan Hirschman" <<a href="mailto:jonathan@hirschman.net">jonathan@hirschman.net</a>> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:19 PM To: "Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions" <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Subject: Re: Ubuntu Gaming/Vista Partition > Joel wrote: >> Partition:- >> >> Ok, considering the amount of money I wasted on Vista, does anybody >> know how I could partition my hard drive and instill Ubuntu on this >> partition. I have searched around a bit and I found that you can >> partition with a built in tool with Vista. But sadly it will only let >> me partition 71 MB even though I have roughly 39 GB free space on my >> hard drive. >> >> > See this: > > <a href="http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php" target="_blank">http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php</a> > > and this... > > <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-gparted-to-resize-your-windows-vista-partition/" target="_blank">http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-gparted-to-resize-your-windows-vista-partition/</a> > > I've used the gparted bootable ISO, and it works very, very well. That > being said, there is always a chance of losing your data during a > partition resizing - it is not 100% foolproof. Make sure that you have > your data backed up, and that you can re-install your OS and other > programs if need be. Since you're coming from the Windows world, you may > want to look into using Ghost or similar to do a full imaging of your > hard drive, so that you can restore it if need be. Note that Linux > offers tools to do the same thing, but I wouldn't recommend them to a > newbie. > > Alternately, you could look into buying a copy of Partition Magic or > Acronis Partition Manager, which do the same thing, and may be less > troublesome with Vista. > > Good luck, and be careful. > > jh > > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> > Thanks for the quick answer. Ill try now. -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- Jamón de Guijuelo Ibérico de Bellota, 3 años, 250€ <a href="http://www.tujamonencasa.com">www.tujamonencasa.com</a>