Re: [gentoo-amd64] Resizing Vista

[Peter Davoust]

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@×××××.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@×××××.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@×××××.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@×××××.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@×××××.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@×××××××××××.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@×××××××××.net
> > > > > > > <mailto: menola@×××××××××.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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> > > > > > >
> > > > > > You can resize partitions and volumes within Vista itself using
> > the
> > > > > > 'Disk Management' console program.
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