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Hi! I'm trying to install Ubuntu Linux. But my Vista partitions locked themselves. Kinda, I can get to the Shrink Partition screen, but it "apparently" doesn't have any shrink space. Under shrink space available, it says 0. I've already tried turning off paging files and defragmenting the hard drive. But, it didnt do anything. Actually, before the defragment, it said I had 104 MB of shrink space. But now it says 0. I don't know what to do. I really want to install Linux, but its apparently not gonna let me.

(stupid vista...)

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Get another hdd and install Ubuntu Linux on the new drive, then all you need is a good boot up manager:
boot manager:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Boot-Manager-Disk/
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/pm-personal/boot_manager.html
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/multibooting.html
http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/multi-boot-managers.shtml

Either that or get a BIGGER hdd. :)

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