OK, i have decided that i will try SuSE 10.2's inteligent partitoner to try and get it installed on this laptop... ...I simply love SuSE's new look and XGL etc...so i think its 100% worth the risk and it will help develop my linux skill anyway. I am going to: 1. Try to make the curent partition layout more logical using Acronis Disk Director (from the PLESK people) 2. Burn the SuSE 10.2 ISO on the slowest speed available for the DVD burner on this lappy. 3. Test that the DVD boots ok in my pc that runs SuSE as default and then attempt to not update, but re-install it onto that PC. 4. If the DVD works in my PC i will run the setup on my laptop and attempt to configure the partitons, and if that fails i will come to here and ask you guys for some hints :P *If you want any info about my PC:* AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 1.8GHz 2048Mb RAM 150Gb Maxtor IDE HDD NVidia GeForce 2 64Mb GFX 17" Dell LCD Panel *If you want any info about my laptop:* Dell Inspiron 6400 (640M) Intel Core 2 Duo 1.7GHz 1024Mb PC5300 RAM ATI Mobility X1400 256Mb GFX 15.4" Dell SXGA 1280x800 LCD 80Gb Maxtor 7200RPM SATA HDD Wish me luck people :) WE MUST BEAT WINDOWS!!! -- Regards, Kris Douglas ----------------------------------------------------------- www.softdel.net Mail: kris(a)softdel.net Linux User: #436770 - www.counter.li.org www.Staffslug.org.uk <http://www.staffslug.org.uk/>

Running chkdisk is the first thing you should do before mesing with Windows partitions. Then you absolutely must run defrag on the drive. Then, and only then should you think about resizing.