From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hd7At-00010X-Fs for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:02:00 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l3FFxVrI007098; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:59:31 GMT Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.227]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l3FFxTgx007092 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:59:30 GMT Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s1so1047914nze for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 08:59:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=bDDiK/CQd1lAEjQ7vaZGytlYe4g8JuwUstY97BN2RTPoLxx+OAlPwe11UN/X8RwJsV7TGaKZ1PRmsAiMbW6vgrRx6qC5plnD1K4vByQnm/BeE4iXoMmeDNsG+z9sMfx8+VYdWLMF32xiomOLlPAqTa6UfFnerf9CPvUMTWE57x8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=AwRZiGn/2teqboxXCeqMOQHJo4u32TTaYy0dHOX61E5MFY7A23x+RR1CPCYb0AK+b7OrjG1UDGK3zHXmmM5H3vliYw2tGFWNx54vYmzfjrAawwO5lua2PiCM9/wb1HpAm9vbMASIjXidP4Pw3a/LD7vmfwXIfoOW+bJpchkvmQE= Received: by 10.65.121.9 with SMTP id y9mr10104982qbm.1176652769581; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 08:59:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.97.11 with HTTP; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 08:59:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7c08b4dd0704150859s32d4adf5m2704c61ad557661a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:59:29 -0400 From: "Peter Davoust" To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Resizing Vista In-Reply-To: <7c08b4dd0704141928j6183e133h7be19242012874bf@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_11896_4656891.1176652769473" References: <7c08b4dd0704101415u86f7073h60a3fda5f58280b4@mail.gmail.com> <200704101710.56622.menola@sbcglobal.net> <7c08b4dd0704101609u14f6a05co9aa0147c57e60084@mail.gmail.com> <461CE0B7.1070202@fred35.plus.com> <7c08b4dd0704110526p4733f38x2e59203147f2065@mail.gmail.com> <9e938faf0704110642g4479e383o22f2896de240fd7a@mail.gmail.com> <7c08b4dd0704111446i2ef5f30ep6c2aed22817ed05d@mail.gmail.com> <9e938faf0704120736v7a16a0ffh15d4c67a9aa32077@mail.gmail.com> <7c08b4dd0704141928j6183e133h7be19242012874bf@mail.gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: a637682c-7092-4976-babf-2fc155aca34a X-Archives-Hash: 323afa39384f65b42d3f467c8a0eca1e ------=_Part_11896_4656891.1176652769473 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 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 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 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 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 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 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 > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > ------=_Part_11896_4656891.1176652769473 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 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
> > > > >     --
> > > > >     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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