Hi, Allen wrote:
>  Been on Linux maybe 10-12 distributions for 10 years, am 80 and always been 
> curious about BSD so finally getting around to it.
> Presently sadly my new Toshiba L675D seems to have some Linux 
> incompatibilities so I have win 7 with Ubuntu 10.04.2 wubi.
> I do have a huge data partition that could be resized and wondering if some 
> kind soul would offer options based on my present
> configuration. I do have wireless network. Thank you

You mailed the wrong list,
        This list ctm-us...@freebsd.org is for very specialised usages,
        for list of lists, see 
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        To:             Allen <chef11...@aol.com>
        bcc:            ctm-us...@freebsd.org
        cc: questi...@freebsd.org
        reply-to: questi...@freebsd.org, Allen <chef11...@aol.com>,
                 "Julian H. Stacey" <j...@berklix.com>

Welcome to BSD, There's quite a few BSDs
        http://www.berklix.com/bsd/
prob. something like FreeBSD or PC-BSD will suit you best.


Yes, you can shrink your Win 7 partition.
I answered a similar question recently
        http://berklix.com/~jhs/txt/install_bsd.html

Summary of methods/ other answers: 
        Using programs runs on MS, some commercial, some free
        Running a free live Linux CD such as knoppix & shrink from there.
        Boot an existing(*) FreeBSD & run ntfsresize(*)
                http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/txt/install_bsd.html#ntfsresize
                
http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/ports/jhs/sysutils/ntfsprogs/files/README.JHS

(*) We havent yet (as of 8.2-RELEASE) put ntfsresize on FreeBSD
    livefs boot media (I mean to submit a send-pr for that some
    time, unless someone else beets me to it (welcome) :-)

For now remove disc, connect it to another machine running BSD, 
build & install /usr/ports/sysutils/ntfsprogs & run ntfresize

Cheers,
Julian
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Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com
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