First make sure that you have a bootable Windows Vista installation
DVD, as you will be unable to use your computer if you don’t. Next,
download the
GParted Live CD and burn it to cd.
Boot off the GParted cd, and you will see your hard drives in the
drop-down list. The first drive is typically your boot drive, but you
can check the Flags column to make sure.
Next you’ll need to right-click on the partition and choose Resize/Move from the menu.
Now you can either use the New Size textbox, or just click and drag the
partition to make it smaller (or bigger). When you are done, click the
Resize/Move button.This doesn’t immediately apply the changes, though. You can make other
changes to your partitions and then when you are finished click the
Apply button.Depending on the amount of data and the speed of your computer, it can
take quite a while to resize the partitions. On my computer it took
more than 30 minutes.
Once it’s done, quit, remove the live cd and then reboot your
computer. Unless you are very lucky, you’ll be greeted with this
horrible error message saying “Windows Failed to start. A recent
hardware or software change might be the cause.”
Hope this helps!
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