[ale] installing Ubuntu on a Windows system

[Geoffrey]

Asher Vilensky wrote:
> Yuck!  My disk size is 140G.  The partition is about 137G.  I had about 
> 90G free before the shrinking.  However, the Vista shrink program game 
> me only about 13G for other partitions and kept 76G free of disk space 
> for the current C: partition (Partition_1).  I tried to re-shrink, but 
> it wouldn't allow.  Any other Vista secrets to help convince this stupid 
> OS that I HAVE THE SPACE...IT IS MINE...GIVE IT TO ME?
>  
> -- Asher

Hmmm, we didn't seem to have that problem.  So you can't shrink the 
Vista partition any smaller?

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
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