shrinking NTFS partitions on Windows laptop

[Aldo Foot]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does Windows include a tool that lets you shrink the system partition
> on an installed box?  I know you can't do it while running off that
> system, but what about something on their installation disc?

Windows has no such tool. You can only delete, create or format
partitions during
install. Then later when the OS is running you have to delete partitions if you
want to change their size.
GParted live CD has worked well for me when resizing NTFS filesystems.

~af