Quote Originally Posted by mailman42
My question(s) concern qtparted, and the stability to resize an NTFS partition.
While I have never done the procedure I have seen posts of success re-sizing one that sticks out in my memory is this one by Eadz.

He has alot of windos data (text/pics/etc) from the past that he doesnt' want to lose, and I want to make sure that it's pretty idiot proof, so I don't lose any of his data.
All data should be backed up and the backup verified before attempting a procedure like this there are no idiot proof methods for anything there is always something that can go wrong.

Are there any special considerations, gotchas, etc I should be aware of, before I attempt to repartition his drive, and bring him into the Linux/debian/knoppix world?

Thanks
As mentioned by Eadz in his post the drive should be defragged before the attempt.