partitioning an ntfs drive

[quicksilver30504]

Hi there I downloaded the ubuntu live install disc and when I go into GParted to shrink my partition (click the arrow left x amount) it is grayed out. I have paroozed a few other threads and some people mention using ntfsresize. There is a yield sign next to the drive when i go to change the size and a boot flag is issued. i am not sure what these mean.

thanks for your time!

[adamitj]

did you unmounted your drive before try to resize it?

Right click in your NTFS drive and click on "Unmount" first...

[quicksilver30504]

that is grayed out also

[Sef]

Instead of running or installing, go down to 'Check Disk for Errors' (or something similar.) Make sure the disk is ok.