2) Make a backup of entire /mysql directory and then delete the original (*here I couldn't delete the directory because mysqld-nt was still in use even w/service stopped. So I used "mysqld-nt --remove" in this directory and then restarted and was able to delete) ...
Created abt 16.4 gb free space using Disk Management in vista. I read the sticky on installing from the live cd and did accordingly. Whatever Partition i create first (boot or /), it gets done. However, when tryin to create the 2nd partition, i get "Could not allocate requested partit...