I've never used FIPS before, but have recently used partition magic to do a exactly what you describe, and it worked perfectly.
Parted seems like it might do the same job too. Look here: http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html#example
Cheers
Dave
(Ted Harding) wrote:
Hi Folks (andapologies for cross-posting)
I've always had a good experience with 'fips' when using it to back Windows into a suitably restricted space prior to installing Linux. However, on these occasions it has been effectively a virgin preinstalled Windows with which I have done little or nothing.
I'm now wondering about using 'fips' to resize some Windows partitions amongst themselves, this being a Win installation which has been actively used for years, and has a lot of user files and extra installed software, so this situation is beyond my experience.
The situation is possibly complicated by the fact that the Windows partitions are not all distinct primary partitions: some are "logical" partitions within an "extended" partition.
(In effect the aim of the exercise is to increase the size of C: at the expense of "E:", "F:" and "G:" and to re-allocate space amongst the latter, in the presence of a partition "D:" which is on a different drive and would have comwe out as "G:" were it not for a re-assignment of drive letters under software control ...
If anyone has experience of going down this road I'd value hearing about it!
(Sorry, too, for being somewhat off-topic!)
Best wishes to all, Ted.
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