Partition Help

[Husse]

Partitioning is the (only ?) difficult bit in installing
However you have misunderstood something
Guided lets you create a new partition and you should indeed be able to change size in manual
You would have to use third party tools from Windows as Win can't change the size of the system partition (nor can gparted)
First defragment your disk and study the result graph. You may have to defragment more than once to move files "on the right hand side" well to the left. Right and left is the same as in gparted - left is the beginning and right the end of the disk
When that's done boot the live CD and start gparted (the partitioning tool, it's easier to use than manual in the installler)
Shrink the windows partition to make room for Mint - and leave at least a free space of a bout a third of the used space in the XP partition (you see how much is used)
Now you've created a large unused space (you can't increase a partition size without first shrinking another to make room)
First - make a swap partition of about 1 GB
Then make a partition of about 10 GB
Now make an extended partition (this is so you are not locked in later on - you can only have four primary partitions)
In there make a logical partition - you can use all the space or save some for future needs)
Start the install
Choose manual partitioning
Set the swap as swap (right click and use the pulldown menu)
Set the 10 GB as root ( / )
Set the remaining partition as /home
and you are done
Oh - if you did not format on creation you have to do that now