Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: Fwd: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:26:52 +0100 Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <1FqdnRqkxrtuxvb6nZ2dnZfqnPoAAAAA@earthlink.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 0cECiz+8CLN3vimRcnvKvAdYJMz5EX+sIqaLNHmRWxgClKCyiP X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:JHncgrqe/2rhYL0b0Tz3KI+M4O0= sha256:Ro9aTNkHTTHP6dBArKANkghIS6q6S4H+Wd+Pw1ePKtc= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:63051 alt.comp.os.windows-10:180951 On 2024-12-25 18:08, Paul wrote: ... > It's the same anywhere, YOU test the quality in, because > people you cannot see, may or may not care all that much. > In the previous paragraphs, are two diametrically opposed results. > Careful developers and... the other kind. > > If you use a third party tool, it can take part time testing > for months, to conclude what kind of developers they were. The first time I shrinked a partition was in 1998. Back then, you needed a small partition before the 1024 cylinder, but could be a tiny one, used for /boot. So sometimes you needed to shrink a bit the beginning of the Windows partition, then a large portion at the end. Could be a large portion at the end, and then shift everything a cylinder or two. The limitation came because the BIOS could not read beyond the 1024 cylinder or something like that. I used, I think, Partition Magic in Windows. Is this tool still around? Things are easier now. -- Cheers, Carlos.