Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to resize an NTFS partition without losing data without paying software such as Partition Magic. Knoppix is a bootable Linux CD containing various tools to resize partitions.For this you need to use Knoppix 5.1.1 (or later).
CAUTION: Before any operation on the partitions, it is strongly recommended that a backup of your files.
Ntfsresize The tools provided on the CD Knoppix is able to reduce or enlarge NTFS partitions of Windows NT, 2000, XP (with or without SP2), 2003 and Vista. There is no need to defragment the partition prior to resizing: ntfsresize deals to move the files. Rather than using ntfsresize command line, we pass through a graphical interface: GParted.
Bookmarks