Once you click on the partition that you want to use for your Mandriva installation, a
new option appears in the left portion of the disk configuration window. By clicking the
Resize button, you can change the size (within limitations) of the existing NTFS partition.
Give it a shot if you have the opportunity. Click the Resize button, and a new window
appears. It has a slider that??™s all the way to the right by default. As you slide the indicator
to the left, the corresponding value displayed gets smaller. This number reflects the size
(in MB) that the NTFS partition will be after you??™ve completed the resizing operation. For
example, if you have a 30GB NTFS partition and you want to free up 10GB of space for
the creation of a set of native Linux partitions, simply slide the indicator from the maximum
value of 30000MB to 20000MB, and you will have freed the required 10000MB.
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The amount of space you can create depends on the size of the disk, how much data is
stored, and whether the partition has been defragmented. To find out the degree to which
you can resize the partition, move the slider all the way to the left. That displays the
smallest size you can make the existing Windows partition.
When you??™ve selected the size you want, click the Next button.
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