To edit partition labels as they appear in your file manager, use the Gnome Partition Editor, or GParted, a free program available in the Ubuntu repositories.

Gparted seems to be able to shrink Windows, move the ~600 GB recovery partition over, but then it can't expand the big HFS+ partition that comprises my main partition.

If you ever need to partition or edit the partitions on your hard drives without an existing OS on the computer, then GParted Live should be in your PC toolbox. The free GParted Live is based on a ...

Vista Hands On #12: Manage partitions after setup Earlier this week I explained how to create separate system and data volumes when setting up Windows Vista from scratch.