Within this dialog, select the partition to shrink from the drop down menu, followed by the amount of space by which the partition is to be reduced in MB. Note that to allow sufficient room for the Fedora installation, a minimum of 5GB is recommended (equivalent to 5120MB). Once the partition and reduction amount have been entered, click on the ''Shrink'' button to initiate the partition modification. The installer will display a dialog seeking confirmation that you wish to proceed. Clicking the ''Write changes to disk'' button will commit the change. Once the resize process has completed, select the ''Use free space'' option and click ''Next'' to continue with the installation process.
== Partitioning the Disk for Windows/Fedora ==
In this tutorial we are assuming that the Fedora installation is to reside on the same disk as the existing Windows installation. In this scenario, it is highly likely that the current Windows installation is using the entire disk. The next step in the Windows/Fedora dual boot installation process, therefore, is to make some space for the Fedora installation. Fortunately, the creators of the Fedora Live CD foresaw this need, and included a powerful disk partitioning tool called ''GParted'' in the live system. To launch ''GParted'' click on the ''Applications'' desktop menu and from the ''System Tools'' sub-menu, select ''GParted''. Once running, the ''GParted'' main screem will appear displaying a graphical representation of the disk partition layout:
[[Image:fedora_linux_gparted_main.jpg| Fedora GParted displaying Windows Partition]]
The above ''GParted'' session shows a Windows NTFS formatted partition which is taking up most of the available disk space. In order to make space for a Fedora Linux installation the next step is to resize the Windows NTFS partition. The objective is to reduce the size of the Windows partition from the current size of approximately 15Gb to 8Gb. This will create 7Gb of unused space for the Fedora installation. Select the NTFS partition in the ''GParted'' window and click on the ''Resize/Move'' toolbar button to invoke the ''Resize/Move'' dialog:
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[[Image:fedora_gparted_resize.jpg|Fedora Resize Windows Partition]]
Change the ''New Size'' field to 8000 MiB and click on the ''Resize/Move'' button at the bottom of the dialog. The Resize action will then appear in the ''Pending'' panel at the bottom of the main GParted screen and the new space will be displayed in the graphical representation of the disk as ''Unallocated space'':
[[Image:fedora_gparted_resize_pending.jpg]]
To commit the resize click on the ''Apply'' button in the toolbar and confirm the resize in the subsequent warning dialog. The ''Apply pending operation'' dialog will appear and display the progress of the resize. Once the resize is completed successfully, close the dialog and exit ''GParted''.
The disk is now partitioned with the existing Windows installation and unallocated space suitable for the installation of Fedora Linux.
== Installing Fedora Linux on the Unallocated Disk Space ==
