I found most are ill prepared for what happens if the resize fails. Few have the restore media, the XP CD and less have a backup copy of what they can't lose.
I advise one NEVER does this if they must ask!
Bob
What is the best way to adjust the partition size of the hardrive on a computer running windows XP SP3?

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