BEA wrote:

> Folks,
>
> My hdd partition shows free space 29.8 GB, of 74.3 GB. How can I
> repartition the total space so that the used space is left intact,
> free space is reduced, and new unpartition space is created? Would
> like to create a new partition for a Windows Vista install.


Unfortunately, no version of Windows provides any way of changing the
existing partition structure of the drive nondestructively. The only way to
do what you want is with third-party software. Partition Magic is the
best-known such program, but there are freeware/shareware alternatives. One
such program is BootIt Next Generation. It's shareware, but comes with a
free 30-day trial, so you should be able to do what you want within that 30
days. I haven't used it myself (because I've never needed to use *any* such
program), but it comes highly recommended by several other MVPs here.

Whatever software you use, make sure you have a good backup before
beginning. Although there's no reason to expect a problem, things *can* go
wrong.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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