[Leaplist] Something to resize NTFS partitions?

[Carter Manucy]

> Is there anything available that can resize an NTFS partition? I thought
> maybe I'd try to shrink an installed Windoze XP system on a new machine
> and keep it around "just in case" instead of just nuking it ... can't
> reinstall because all they provided was one of those bloody-be-damned
> "restore" CDs that will do nothing but return the hard disk to its
> original condition. Apparently Parted won't do NTFS.

This is all you need... I use it all the time... note that it doesn't like
dynamic disks:

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

You can also use Microsoft's diskpart tool but it's a lot more cumbersome
and doesn't always get the job done.