formerprof

Wow! Thanks so much to you all. The job is done with no discernible ill
effects. I sure appreciate the help.

I hope the New Year rewards you even before January 30 . . .

formerprof


P.S. Colin, thanks for the data disk suggestion. I've been doing that for
many years, and I suspect that a lot of time & occasional real harm would be
avoided if many others did the same.





"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
news:ujffntKLHHA.320@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> You will get better performance if the data is on a second drive rather
> than a second partition on the system drive.
>
> "formerprof" <formerprof@yahooNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> news:013F490A-09E1-4B47-BB63-95B05C7D6B68@microsoft.com...
>>I have Vista Ultimate installed on a 300 gb hard disk. About 65 gb are
>>used and the remainder is free. Is there any reason why I can't boot
>>Acronis Disk Director from CD and take, say, 80 or 100 gb for a second
>>partition?
>>
>> In the alternative I could "Ghost" the existing partition with True Image
>> 10 and then repartition the drive 200/100. I know that Acronis claims to
>> be able to shrink an imaged partition into a smaller space on
>> restoration.
>>
>> I'd like to do this and avoid the necessity of doing a complete fresh
>> install. All assistance gratefully received.
>>
>>
>> formerprof
>>
>> PS Everything is backed up, my license is legit, I love/hate
>> Windows/Linux, think that Bill Gates should be jailed/decorated and
>> brushed my teeth this morning.
>>
>