[plug] problems adjusting partition

[Greg]

Yeah i had optimised and defrag..
the only thingthat fixed it was Partition Magic.
Finally got LM 8.1 installed ..Yaaaaaaaa


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Grasso" <steveg at calm.wa.gov.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] problems adjusting partition


> Greg,
>
> Have you optimised as well as defragged?
> Have you tried the Partition Resizer? It's never failed for me --
> http://zeleps.com/ It's a DOS'ish program, so you'll need a MS bootdisk to
> put it on. (BTW, for others who might like to try this and remain MS-free
> there's always FreeDOS -- http://www.freedos.org/)
>
> Regards,
> Steve
>
> On Friday 15 February 2002 18:07, Greg wrote:
> > Im having problems reducing the size of my windows partition under
mandrake
> > 8.1 and even 7.2!
> >
> > theres heaps of free space to reduce it and enable mandrake to install.
> >
> > does anyone have any ideas why this windows partition wont resize..i
have
> > defraged and everything
>
>