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Resizing Partition to install dual boot
Hi, Wonder if someone can help
I'm wanting to install Win7 as a dual boot alongside my existing XP set up and have been trying to follow the excellent guide at Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP
But I'm stuck at resizing the existing partition as described at Partition or Volume - Shrink
I get as far as the command prompt and selecting the drive, but as soon as I type "shrink querymax" or "shrink desired=15360" or even just "shrink" I get the message
"Diskpart has encountered an error: This service cannot be started in safe mode"
Now I can't see any way of getting a command prompt WITHOUT starting in safe mode ... am I missing something?
Grateful for any suggestions - or would it be simpler to use a third party partition manager?
Many thanks
John