partitioning netbook without DVD drive using gparted

HP Netbook Mini 210 F14 xfce

I installed F14 xfce and using the entire disk.

Filesystem        Size  Used  Avail  Use%  Mounted on
/dev/sda2         97G   4.0G  92G    5%    /
tmpfs             494M  212K  494M   1%    /dev/shm
/dev/sda1         485M  49M   211M   11%   /boot
/dev/sda4         193G  8.5G  175G   5%    /home

After I have installed all my programs, I need to install windows and I need visual studio.

So I was thinking of taking 20 GB from the /home directory and using that for windows.

I can use gparted. However, many posters on here think it is best to use gparted by booting from the disk. However, I cannot do this, as I don't have any DVD drivers. And I can't really afford to buy one just for this reason.

What is the best way to do this?

Many thanks for any advice,

Answer

Best would be to use GParted Live on USB. Follow the instructions for creating a GParted USB under Linux.