Splitting off a partition to install

[oddyager]

I'm thinking of splitting off 30 or so GBs from an existing 250 GB parition (using gparted) to install my trial version of Vista. Is it possible if I don't want that O/S anymore to reclaim that space back into that same HD? Possibly using that same software? I haven't tried it yet.

 

[HackThis]

If you decide u dont want vista anymore, just use the same software you used to create the partition to delete it. personally, I would reinstall Xp or w/e other os you were using on a new newly formatted drive. The remaining fragments of vista, if you delete it will "clog' the MFT if u just repartition and dont reformat- on the other hand you can get OK-not perfect reults by using perfectdisc or diskeeper

 

[jameswhite1979]

Yeah totally fine. Other option is to play with Vista through VMWare