[gentoo-amd64] Resizing Vista

[gentoo-amd64] Resizing Vista

[Peter Davoust]

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Ok, so this is sort of a continuation of my previous question about Xserver,
HP decided to replace my laptop after a little technical support issue, and
now my PC has Vista on a 120 gig hard drive. The only problem is that for
some reason neither my Gparted Live cd nor my gentoo live cd can resize the
partition. I'd reinstall everything, but Compaq doesn't like providing OS
restore disks, and instead put all the data on a separate partition. Most
likely the restore disk will just setup the same partition scheme as before
anyway. I've tried using the Vista disk partition utility, but it could only
give me 587 mb in between the restore and OS partitions. It's annoying, does
anyone know how to fix it? I've tried chkdsk and defrag already, but to no
avail.

-Peter

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Resizing Vista

[Joe Menola]

On Tuesday 10 April 2007 4:15:17 pm Peter Davoust wrote:
> Ok, so this is sort of a continuation of my previous question about
> Xserver, HP decided to replace my laptop after a little technical support
> issue, and now my PC has Vista on a 120 gig hard drive. The only problem is
> that for some reason neither my Gparted Live cd nor my gentoo live cd can
> resize the partition. I'd reinstall everything, but Compaq doesn't like
> providing OS restore disks, and instead put all the data on a separate
> partition. Most likely the restore disk will just setup the same partition
> scheme as before anyway. I've tried using the Vista disk partition utility,
> but it could only give me 587 mb in between the restore and OS partitions.
> It's annoying, does anyone know how to fix it? I've tried chkdsk and defrag
> already, but to no avail.

The first thing I'd try is zipping the contents of c:\ drive>dvd, recreate 
your partitions and unzip to the smaller c:\ drive. I know this would work 
for ntfs. I know nothing about Vista though, and I'm fine with that. ;)

-jm
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Resizing Vista

[Peter Davoust]

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That's a good idea, I'll try it. I'm not a Windows fan myself, but at least
Vista looks cool.

On 4/10/07, Joe Menola <menola@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> On Tuesday 10 April 2007 4:15:17 pm Peter Davoust wrote:
> > Ok, so this is sort of a continuation of my previous question about
> > Xserver, HP decided to replace my laptop after a little technical
> support
> > issue, and now my PC has Vista on a 120 gig hard drive. The only problem
> is
> > that for some reason neither my Gparted Live cd nor my gentoo live cd
> can
> > resize the partition. I'd reinstall everything, but Compaq doesn't like
> > providing OS restore disks, and instead put all the data on a separate
> > partition. Most likely the restore disk will just setup the same
> partition
> > scheme as before anyway. I've tried using the Vista disk partition
> utility,
> > but it could only give me 587 mb in between the restore and OS
> partitions.
> > It's annoying, does anyone know how to fix it? I've tried chkdsk and
> defrag
> > already, but to no avail.
>
> The first thing I'd try is zipping the contents of c:\ drive>dvd, recreate
> your partitions and unzip to the smaller c:\ drive. I know this would work
> for ntfs. I know nothing about Vista though, and I'm fine with that. ;)
>
> -jm
> --
> gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
>
>

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Resizing Vista

[Fred]

Peter Davoust wrote:
> That's a good idea, I'll try it. I'm not a Windows fan myself, but at 
> least Vista looks cool.
> 
> On 4/10/07, *Joe Menola* < menola@sbcglobal.net 
> <mailto:menola@sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
> 
>     On Tuesday 10 April 2007 4:15:17 pm Peter Davoust wrote:
>      > Ok, so this is sort of a continuation of my previous question about
>      > Xserver, HP decided to replace my laptop after a little technical
>     support
>      > issue, and now my PC has Vista on a 120 gig hard drive. The only
>     problem is
>      > that for some reason neither my Gparted Live cd nor my gentoo
>     live cd can
>      > resize the partition. I'd reinstall everything, but Compaq
>     doesn't like
>      > providing OS restore disks, and instead put all the data on a
>     separate
>      > partition. Most likely the restore disk will just setup the same
>     partition
>      > scheme as before anyway. I've tried using the Vista disk
>     partition utility,
>      > but it could only give me 587 mb in between the restore and OS
>     partitions.
>      > It's annoying, does anyone know how to fix it? I've tried chkdsk
>     and defrag
>      > already, but to no avail.
> 
>     The first thing I'd try is zipping the contents of c:\ drive>dvd,
>     recreate
>     your partitions and unzip to the smaller c:\ drive. I know this
>     would work
>     for ntfs. I know nothing about Vista though, and I'm fine with that. ;)
> 
>     -jm
>     --
>     gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org <mailto:gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org> mailing list
> 
> 
You can resize partitions and volumes within Vista itself using the 
'Disk Management' console program.
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Resizing Vista

[Mark Haney]

Fred wrote:
> Peter Davoust wrote:
>> That's a good idea, I'll try it. I'm not a Windows fan myself, but at 
>> least Vista looks cool.
>>
>> On 4/10/07, *Joe Menola* < menola@sbcglobal.net 
>> <mailto:menola@sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     On Tuesday 10 April 2007 4:15:17 pm Peter Davoust wrote:
>>      > Ok, so this is sort of a continuation of my previous question 
>> about
>>      > Xserver, HP decided to replace my laptop after a little technical
>>     support
>>      > issue, and now my PC has Vista on a 120 gig hard drive. The only
>>     problem is
>>      > that for some reason neither my Gparted Live cd nor my gentoo
>>     live cd can
>>      > resize the partition. I'd reinstall everything, but Compaq
>>     doesn't like
>>      > providing OS restore disks, and instead put all the data on a
>>     separate
>>      > partition. Most likely the restore disk will just setup the same
>>     partition
>>      > scheme as before anyway. I've tried using the Vista disk
>>     partition utility,
>>      > but it could only give me 587 mb in between the restore and OS
>>     partitions.
>>      > It's annoying, does anyone know how to fix it? I've tried chkdsk
>>     and defrag
>>      > already, but to no avail.
>>
>>     The first thing I'd try is zipping the contents of c:\ drive>dvd,
>>     recreate
>>     your partitions and unzip to the smaller c:\ drive. I know this
>>     would work
>>     for ntfs. I know nothing about Vista though, and I'm fine with 
>> that. ;)
>>
>>     -jm
>>     --
>>     gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org <mailto:gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org> mailing list
>>
>>
> You can resize partitions and volumes within Vista itself using the 
> 'Disk Management' console program.

Yeah you _can_ resize partitions within Vista, but it really doesn't 
like resizing the C: drive.  I've blown away 5 Vista installs that way. 
  Granted 2 of them were RC versions, but still...

Honestly, I'm absolutely dreading the forced move to Vista on my next 
system.  I'm hoping to put it off until the OSS tools can cope with the 
BS that is Vistas filesystem, etc.


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Mark Haney
Sr. Systems Administrator
ERC Broadband
(828) 350-2415
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Resizing Vista

[Peter Davoust]

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Yeah, I tried that but it only got me 587mb. Like Vista is taking up a 105
gig partition... I think what's happening is that there are files at the end
of the partition as well as the front. Don't know.

-Peter

On 4/11/07, Fred <gentoo@fred35.plus.com> wrote:
>
> Peter Davoust wrote:
> > That's a good idea, I'll try it. I'm not a Windows fan myself, but at
> > least Vista looks cool.
> >
> > On 4/10/07, *Joe Menola* < menola@sbcglobal.net
> > <mailto:menola@sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     On Tuesday 10 April 2007 4:15:17 pm Peter Davoust wrote:
> >      > Ok, so this is sort of a continuation of my previous question
> about
> >      > Xserver, HP decided to replace my laptop after a little technical
> >     support
> >      > issue, and now my PC has Vista on a 120 gig hard drive. The only
> >     problem is
> >      > that for some reason neither my Gparted Live cd nor my gentoo
> >     live cd can
> >      > resize the partition. I'd reinstall everything, but Compaq
> >     doesn't like
> >      > providing OS restore disks, and instead put all the data on a
> >     separate
> >      > partition. Most likely the restore disk will just setup the same
> >     partition
> >      > scheme as before anyway. I've tried using the Vista disk
> >     partition utility,
> >      > but it could only give me 587 mb in between the restore and OS
> >     partitions.
> >      > It's annoying, does anyone know how to fix it? I've tried chkdsk
> >     and defrag
> >      > already, but to no avail.
> >
> >     The first thing I'd try is zipping the contents of c:\ drive>dvd,
> >     recreate
> >     your partitions and unzip to the smaller c:\ drive. I know this
> >     would work
> >     for ntfs. I know nothing about Vista though, and I'm fine with that.
> ;)
> >
> >     -jm
> >     --
> >     gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org <mailto:gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org> mailing
> list
> >
> >
> You can resize partitions and volumes within Vista itself using the
> 'Disk Management' console program.
> --
> gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
>
>

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Resizing Vista

[Zac]

I have seen this, and I was able to get around it.  I have an hp
laptop that was only available with vista, and I found that if I had
done anything other than boot the vista install, I would only get
about 1 g of space shrinking the drive with the vista tool.  However,
from a fresh install, well, as fresh as you can get with the revert to
factory discs they provide these days, I was able to get my vista
partition down to 15gigs total.  So, if you don't have anything
critical installed in vista, you may try reinstalling.  Good Luck.

-Zac

On 4/11/07, Peter Davoust <worldgnat@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, I tried that but it only got me 587mb. Like Vista is taking up a 105
> gig partition... I think what's happening is that there are files at the end
> of the partition as well as the front. Don't know.
>
> -Peter
>
>
> On 4/11/07, Fred <gentoo@fred35.plus.com> wrote:
> > Peter Davoust wrote:
> > > That's a good idea, I'll try it. I'm not a Windows fan myself, but at
> > > least Vista looks cool.
> > >
> > > On 4/10/07, *Joe Menola* < menola@sbcglobal.net
> > > <mailto:menola@sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
> > >
> > >     On Tuesday 10 April 2007 4:15:17 pm Peter Davoust wrote:
> > >      > Ok, so this is sort of a continuation of my previous question
> about
> > >      > Xserver, HP decided to replace my laptop after a little technical
> > >     support
> > >      > issue, and now my PC has Vista on a 120 gig hard drive. The only
> > >     problem is
> > >      > that for some reason neither my Gparted Live cd nor my gentoo
> > >     live cd can
> > >      > resize the partition. I'd reinstall everything, but Compaq
> > >     doesn't like
> > >      > providing OS restore disks, and instead put all the data on a
> > >     separate
> > >      > partition. Most likely the restore disk will just setup the same
> > >     partition
> > >      > scheme as before anyway. I've tried using the Vista disk
> > >     partition utility,
> > >      > but it could only give me 587 mb in between the restore and OS
> > >     partitions.
> > >      > It's annoying, does anyone know how to fix it? I've tried chkdsk
> > >     and defrag
> > >      > already, but to no avail.
> > >
> > >     The first thing I'd try is zipping the contents of c:\ drive>dvd,
> > >     recreate
> > >     your partitions and unzip to the smaller c:\ drive. I know this
> > >     would work
> > >     for ntfs. I know nothing about Vista though, and I'm fine with that.
> ;)
> > >
> > >     -jm
> > >     --
> > >     gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org <mailto:gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org> mailing
> list
> > >
> > >
> > You can resize partitions and volumes within Vista itself using the
> > 'Disk Management' console program.
> > --
> > gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
> >
> >
>
>
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Resizing Vista

[Peter Davoust]

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That's what I was considering trying next. Does burning the recovery
partition to a DVD via Recovery Manager create a full recovery disk, or does
it require the funky 6.38 gig recovery partition?

-Peter

On 4/11/07, Zac <spdrmonkey@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have seen this, and I was able to get around it.  I have an hp
> laptop that was only available with vista, and I found that if I had
> done anything other than boot the vista install, I would only get
> about 1 g of space shrinking the drive with the vista tool.  However,
> from a fresh install, well, as fresh as you can get with the revert to
> factory discs they provide these days, I was able to get my vista
> partition down to 15gigs total.  So, if you don't have anything
> critical installed in vista, you may try reinstalling.  Good Luck.
>
> -Zac
>
> On 4/11/07, Peter Davoust <worldgnat@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yeah, I tried that but it only got me 587mb. Like Vista is taking up a
> 105
> > gig partition... I think what's happening is that there are files at the
> end
> > of the partition as well as the front. Don't know.
> >
> > -Peter
> >
> >
> > On 4/11/07, Fred <gentoo@fred35.plus.com> wrote:
> > > Peter Davoust wrote:
> > > > That's a good idea, I'll try it. I'm not a Windows fan myself, but
> at
> > > > least Vista looks cool.
> > > >
> > > > On 4/10/07, *Joe Menola* < menola@sbcglobal.net
> > > > <mailto:menola@sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >     On Tuesday 10 April 2007 4:15:17 pm Peter Davoust wrote:
> > > >      > Ok, so this is sort of a continuation of my previous question
> > about
> > > >      > Xserver, HP decided to replace my laptop after a little
> technical
> > > >     support
> > > >      > issue, and now my PC has Vista on a 120 gig hard drive. The
> only
> > > >     problem is
> > > >      > that for some reason neither my Gparted Live cd nor my gentoo
> > > >     live cd can
> > > >      > resize the partition. I'd reinstall everything, but Compaq
> > > >     doesn't like
> > > >      > providing OS restore disks, and instead put all the data on a
> > > >     separate
> > > >      > partition. Most likely the restore disk will just setup the
> same
> > > >     partition
> > > >      > scheme as before anyway. I've tried using the Vista disk
> > > >     partition utility,
> > > >      > but it could only give me 587 mb in between the restore and
> OS
> > > >     partitions.
> > > >      > It's annoying, does anyone know how to fix it? I've tried
> chkdsk
> > > >     and defrag
> > > >      > already, but to no avail.
> > > >
> > > >     The first thing I'd try is zipping the contents of c:\
> drive>dvd,
> > > >     recreate
> > > >     your partitions and unzip to the smaller c:\ drive. I know this
> > > >     would work
> > > >     for ntfs. I know nothing about Vista though, and I'm fine with
> that.
> > ;)
> > > >
> > > >     -jm
> > > >     --
> > > >     gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org <mailto:gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org> mailing
> > list
> > > >
> > > >
> > > You can resize partitions and volumes within Vista itself using the
> > > 'Disk Management' console program.
> > > --
> > > gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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>
>

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Resizing Vista

[Zac]

Yes, the discs you create with Recovery Manager will do a full factory
restore on a blank hard drive, they will also re-create that recovery
partition.  I think that the recovery partition is primarily just for
creating those discs.

-Zac

On 4/11/07, Peter Davoust <worldgnat@gmail.com> wrote:
> That's what I was considering trying next. Does burning the recovery
> partition to a DVD via Recovery Manager create a full recovery disk, or does
> it require the funky 6.38 gig recovery partition?
>
> -Peter
>
>
> On 4/11/07, Zac <spdrmonkey@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have seen this, and I was able to get around it.  I have an hp
> > laptop that was only available with vista, and I found that if I had
> > done anything other than boot the vista install, I would only get
> > about 1 g of space shrinking the drive with the vista tool.  However,
> > from a fresh install, well, as fresh as you can get with the revert to
> > factory discs they provide these days, I was able to get my vista
> > partition down to 15gigs total.  So, if you don't have anything
> > critical installed in vista, you may try reinstalling.  Good Luck.
> >
> > -Zac
> >
> > On 4/11/07, Peter Davoust <worldgnat@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Yeah, I tried that but it only got me 587mb. Like Vista is taking up a
> 105
> > > gig partition... I think what's happening is that there are files at the
> end
> > > of the partition as well as the front. Don't know.
> > >
> > > -Peter
> > >
> > >
> > > On 4/11/07, Fred <gentoo@fred35.plus.com> wrote:
> > > > Peter Davoust wrote:
> > > > > That's a good idea, I'll try it. I'm not a Windows fan myself, but
> at
> > > > > least Vista looks cool.
> > > > >
> > > > > On 4/10/07, *Joe Menola* < menola@sbcglobal.net
> > > > > <mailto:menola@sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >     On Tuesday 10 April 2007 4:15:17 pm Peter Davoust wrote:
> > > > >      > Ok, so this is sort of a continuation of my previous question
> > > about
> > > > >      > Xserver, HP decided to replace my laptop after a little
> technical
> > > > >     support
> > > > >      > issue, and now my PC has Vista on a 120 gig hard drive. The
> only
> > > > >     problem is
> > > > >      > that for some reason neither my Gparted Live cd nor my gentoo
> > > > >     live cd can
> > > > >      > resize the partition. I'd reinstall everything, but Compaq
> > > > >     doesn't like
> > > > >      > providing OS restore disks, and instead put all the data on a
> > > > >     separate
> > > > >      > partition. Most likely the restore disk will just setup the
> same
> > > > >     partition
> > > > >      > scheme as before anyway. I've tried using the Vista disk
> > > > >     partition utility,
> > > > >      > but it could only give me 587 mb in between the restore and
> OS
> > > > >     partitions.
> > > > >      > It's annoying, does anyone know how to fix it? I've tried
> chkdsk
> > > > >     and defrag
> > > > >      > already, but to no avail.
> > > > >
> > > > >     The first thing I'd try is zipping the contents of c:\
> drive>dvd,
> > > > >     recreate
> > > > >     your partitions and unzip to the smaller c:\ drive. I know this
> > > > >     would work
> > > > >     for ntfs. I know nothing about Vista though, and I'm fine with
> that.
> > > ;)
> > > > >
> > > > >     -jm
> > > > >     --
> > > > >     gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org <mailto:gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org >
> mailing
> > > list
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > You can resize partitions and volumes within Vista itself using the
> > > > 'Disk Management' console program.
> > > > --
> > > > gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > --
> > gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
> >
> >
>
>
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Resizing Vista

[Peter Davoust]

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I agree, the partition is apparently also for a diskless recovery. Ok, so I
burnt the recovery discs, and naught. They just want to install a default
image. This is annoying. I'm on the phone with Com--- HP now, and I'm doing
some Googling. I'll let you know if I find anything that works. Any more
ideas would also be greatly appreciated.

-Peter

On 4/12/07, Zac <spdrmonkey@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, the discs you create with Recovery Manager will do a full factory
> restore on a blank hard drive, they will also re-create that recovery
> partition.  I think that the recovery partition is primarily just for
> creating those discs.
>
> -Zac
>
> On 4/11/07, Peter Davoust <worldgnat@gmail.com> wrote:
> > That's what I was considering trying next. Does burning the recovery
> > partition to a DVD via Recovery Manager create a full recovery disk, or
> does
> > it require the funky 6.38 gig recovery partition?
> >
> > -Peter
> >
> >
> > On 4/11/07, Zac <spdrmonkey@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I have seen this, and I was able to get around it.  I have an hp
> > > laptop that was only available with vista, and I found that if I had
> > > done anything other than boot the vista install, I would only get
> > > about 1 g of space shrinking the drive with the vista tool.  However,
> > > from a fresh install, well, as fresh as you can get with the revert to
> > > factory discs they provide these days, I was able to get my vista
> > > partition down to 15gigs total.  So, if you don't have anything
> > > critical installed in vista, you may try reinstalling.  Good Luck.
> > >
> > > -Zac
> > >
> > > On 4/11/07, Peter Davoust <worldgnat@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Yeah, I tried that but it only got me 587mb. Like Vista is taking up
> a
> > 105
> > > > gig partition... I think what's happening is that there are files at
> the
> > end
> > > > of the partition as well as the front. Don't know.
> > > >
> > > > -Peter
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 4/11/07, Fred <gentoo@fred35.plus.com> wrote:
> > > > > Peter Davoust wrote:
> > > > > > That's a good idea, I'll try it. I'm not a Windows fan myself,
> but
> > at
> > > > > > least Vista looks cool.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 4/10/07, *Joe Menola* < menola@sbcglobal.net
> > > > > > <mailto:menola@sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >     On Tuesday 10 April 2007 4:15:17 pm Peter Davoust wrote:
> > > > > >      > Ok, so this is sort of a continuation of my previous
> question
> > > > about
> > > > > >      > Xserver, HP decided to replace my laptop after a little
> > technical
> > > > > >     support
> > > > > >      > issue, and now my PC has Vista on a 120 gig hard drive.
> The
> > only
> > > > > >     problem is
> > > > > >      > that for some reason neither my Gparted Live cd nor my
> gentoo
> > > > > >     live cd can
> > > > > >      > resize the partition. I'd reinstall everything, but
> Compaq
> > > > > >     doesn't like
> > > > > >      > providing OS restore disks, and instead put all the data
> on a
> > > > > >     separate
> > > > > >      > partition. Most likely the restore disk will just setup
> the
> > same
> > > > > >     partition
> > > > > >      > scheme as before anyway. I've tried using the Vista disk
> > > > > >     partition utility,
> > > > > >      > but it could only give me 587 mb in between the restore
> and
> > OS
> > > > > >     partitions.
> > > > > >      > It's annoying, does anyone know how to fix it? I've tried
> > chkdsk
> > > > > >     and defrag
> > > > > >      > already, but to no avail.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >     The first thing I'd try is zipping the contents of c:\
> > drive>dvd,
> > > > > >     recreate
> > > > > >     your partitions and unzip to the smaller c:\ drive. I know
> this
> > > > > >     would work
> > > > > >     for ntfs. I know nothing about Vista though, and I'm fine
> with
> > that.
> > > > ;)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >     -jm
> > > > > >     --
> > > > > >     gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org <mailto:gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org >
> > mailing
> > > > list
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > You can resize partitions and volumes within Vista itself using
> the
> > > > > 'Disk Management' console program.
> > > > > --
> > > > > gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > --
> > > gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Resizing Vista

[Peter Davoust]

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I figured it out with a bit of googling. Apparently what you do is move the
page file and then just resize. I've read that it doesn't always work, but
with 17.someodd gig freed and linux installed I'm happy. I appreciate the
help.

-Peter

On 4/14/07, Peter Davoust <worldgnat@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I agree, the partition is apparently also for a diskless recovery. Ok, so
> I burnt the recovery discs, and naught. They just want to install a default
> image. This is annoying. I'm on the phone with Com--- HP now, and I'm doing
> some Googling. I'll let you know if I find anything that works. Any more
> ideas would also be greatly appreciated.
>
> -Peter
>
> On 4/12/07, Zac <spdrmonkey@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, the discs you create with Recovery Manager will do a full factory
> > restore on a blank hard drive, they will also re-create that recovery
> > partition.  I think that the recovery partition is primarily just for
> > creating those discs.
> >
> > -Zac
> >
> > On 4/11/07, Peter Davoust <worldgnat@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > That's what I was considering trying next. Does burning the recovery
> > > partition to a DVD via Recovery Manager create a full recovery disk,
> > or does
> > > it require the funky 6.38 gig recovery partition?
> > >
> > > -Peter
> > >
> > >
> > > On 4/11/07, Zac <spdrmonkey@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have seen this, and I was able to get around it.  I have an hp
> > > > laptop that was only available with vista, and I found that if I had
> > > > done anything other than boot the vista install, I would only get
> > > > about 1 g of space shrinking the drive with the vista
> > tool.  However,
> > > > from a fresh install, well, as fresh as you can get with the revert
> > to
> > > > factory discs they provide these days, I was able to get my vista
> > > > partition down to 15gigs total.  So, if you don't have anything
> > > > critical installed in vista, you may try reinstalling.  Good Luck.
> > > >
> > > > -Zac
> > > >
> > > > On 4/11/07, Peter Davoust <worldgnat@gmail.com > wrote:
> > > > > Yeah, I tried that but it only got me 587mb. Like Vista is taking
> > up a
> > > 105
> > > > > gig partition... I think what's happening is that there are files
> > at the
> > > end
> > > > > of the partition as well as the front. Don't know.
> > > > >
> > > > > -Peter
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 4/11/07, Fred < gentoo@fred35.plus.com> wrote:
> > > > > > Peter Davoust wrote:
> > > > > > > That's a good idea, I'll try it. I'm not a Windows fan myself,
> > but
> > > at
> > > > > > > least Vista looks cool.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 4/10/07, *Joe Menola* < menola@sbcglobal.net
> > > > > > > <mailto: menola@sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >     On Tuesday 10 April 2007 4:15:17 pm Peter Davoust wrote:
> > > > > > >      > Ok, so this is sort of a continuation of my previous
> > question
> > > > > about
> > > > > > >      > Xserver, HP decided to replace my laptop after a little
> > > technical
> > > > > > >     support
> > > > > > >      > issue, and now my PC has Vista on a 120 gig hard drive.
> > The
> > > only
> > > > > > >     problem is
> > > > > > >      > that for some reason neither my Gparted Live cd nor my
> > gentoo
> > > > > > >     live cd can
> > > > > > >      > resize the partition. I'd reinstall everything, but
> > Compaq
> > > > > > >     doesn't like
> > > > > > >      > providing OS restore disks, and instead put all the
> > data on a
> > > > > > >     separate
> > > > > > >      > partition. Most likely the restore disk will just setup
> > the
> > > same
> > > > > > >     partition
> > > > > > >      > scheme as before anyway. I've tried using the Vista
> > disk
> > > > > > >     partition utility,
> > > > > > >      > but it could only give me 587 mb in between the restore
> > and
> > > OS
> > > > > > >     partitions.
> > > > > > >      > It's annoying, does anyone know how to fix it? I've
> > tried
> > > chkdsk
> > > > > > >     and defrag
> > > > > > >      > already, but to no avail.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >     The first thing I'd try is zipping the contents of c:\
> > > drive>dvd,
> > > > > > >     recreate
> > > > > > >     your partitions and unzip to the smaller c:\ drive. I know
> > this
> > > > > > >     would work
> > > > > > >     for ntfs. I know nothing about Vista though, and I'm fine
> > with
> > > that.
> > > > > ;)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >     -jm
> > > > > > >     --
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> > > mailing
> > > > > list
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > You can resize partitions and volumes within Vista itself using
> > the
> > > > > > 'Disk Management' console program.
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[gentoo-amd64] Re: Resizing Vista

[Sven Köhler]

> Ok, so this is sort of a continuation of my previous question about 
> Xserver, HP decided to replace my laptop after a little technical 
> support issue, and now my PC has Vista on a 120 gig hard drive. The only 
> problem is that for some reason neither my Gparted Live cd nor my gentoo 
> live cd can resize the partition. I'd reinstall everything, but Compaq 
> doesn't like providing OS restore disks, and instead put all the data on 
> a separate partition. Most likely the restore disk will just setup the 
> same partition scheme as before anyway. I've tried using the Vista disk 
> partition utility, but it could only give me 587 mb in between the 
> restore and OS partitions. It's annoying, does anyone know how to fix 
> it? I've tried chkdsk and defrag already, but to no avail.

Well, i would try to use ntfsresize by hand.

An Alternative could be ntfsclone to backup the big and then restore to 
a smaller partion.

But for some reason, gparted didn't like it. Maybe the recent versions 
of ntfsprogs are not yet compatible with Vista. Who knows?

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