On Dec 18, 2016 3:53 PM, "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: | From: William Park via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/09/parted-command-examples I usually use gparted: GUIs are sometimes easier for one-off tasks. <snip> Booting Windows repairs the damage. So this is the most effective way of shrinking. When I was first migrating linux onto M$ boxn my little mantra was defrag, dump, resize, restore. Didn't always work the magic correctly tho. :-( I never tried to shrink windows more than 50%, so I can't say for certain how much a fat partition may be shrunk. On the bright side, I realized I could usually clone the drive, switch jumpers to the new master and tool my way around. I use to lug two or three drives around with me for such times. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk Russell Sent from mobile.