Since it is probably less work to download and burn the iso for parted or gparted than Mandriva Free CD #1, this is probably not a valid alternative. But, those people who already have a Mandriva CD #1, it can resize XP and Vista partitions, moving contents over in the shrunken partition to avoid loss. I certainly cannot speak to moving partitions, because I have never done it, so have no reason to believe Mandriva can do that.

But, for the simple multi-boot on an existing MS system, Mandriva does the resize fine. Go through the install procedure, manual partitioning, then when it starts selecting package, hit the power switch and put your chosen distro CD in the CD/DVD slot and reboot.

I use Mandriva because I have used it since 1999, thus am less likely to make any mistakes.

Since I have never moved a partition, as opposed to shrinking one, I don't even understand why one moves a partition. Clearly there is a reason, Saikee does not generate useless postings. (Heh, heh, how is that for the understatement of the day?)