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Can I shrink an NTFS partition running Windows 7 from the 'left' / 'start' side?

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This is my current partition layout: This is the current situation on my hard disk. I have a 25 GB NTFS partition with windows 8 developer preview (drive F) and a 660 GB partition with Windows 7 (my main OS). I have no idea why there's 10 GB of unpartitioned space in the end, but that is easy to de…

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You can use GParted (either on the GParted or Ubuntu live CDs) to shrink the partition and move it to the right. You should make a backup of any important data first, and this process will take a very long time. You also will need to use the Windows…

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