Richard wrote:

> 1. Sorry if this is in HTML - I'm new to windows use and can't follow

then change to text mode in the settings of that broken reader

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> a. Is there any other way to non-destructively resize a NTFS partition
> apart from Mandrake 9.1's install utility?

go to sourceforge and get ntfsresize utils

> b. Any particular gotcha's that people have found with the following
> hardware P4 Titan 667 Motherboard (GA-8ST667 Series with SiS 645DX

.... i'd start at http://www.google.com/linux and do the searches.
you could also go to groups.google.com or to the distro's website
and check their compatibility database

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