Tag Archives: Vista

Shrink Vista partition is pulling teeth

Confining oneself to a certain way often resulted in narrowing of view points.
Whenever I supported an interested Windows refugee running into the Ubuntu camp, I easily gave the instruction that the user should de-fragment and then shrink the Windows partition. This will free up space in the harddisk for new partitions, in which Ubuntu [...]

Sleeping with the enemy

It has been a couple of weeks since I jumped back into Windows, and suffered the much maligned Vista. I guess it’s time to list down what I like and dislike about Windows Vista.

Before I begin, I should mention I was a Windows user from way back. The first computer I owned (but [...]