Since you have Vista Ultimate, take a look in its Backup and Restore Center
(you can just type Backup in the search bar under Start to get there fast).
It does full disk imagining. I don't know if it's flexible enough for your
needs, but you might as well try it out and see if it works.

"formerprof" <formerprof******NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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>I have Vista Ultimate installed on a 300 gb hard disk. About 65 gb are used
>and the remainder is free. Is there any reason why I can't boot Acronis
>Disk Director from CD and take, say, 80 or 100 gb for a second partition?
>
> In the alternative I could "Ghost" the existing partition with True Image
> 10 and then repartition the drive 200/100. I know that Acronis claims to
> be able to shrink an imaged partition into a smaller space on restoration.
>
> I'd like to do this and avoid the necessity of doing a complete fresh
> install. All assistance gratefully received.
>
>
> formerprof
>
> PS Everything is backed up, my license is legit, I love/hate
> Windows/Linux, think that Bill Gates should be jailed/decorated and
> brushed my teeth this morning.
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