I can't find the op right now, but Clive, if you partition the drive
first THEN install windows then ubuntu, you will probably find things
going very smooth. Generally it is resizing windows outside of it's
own utilities that causes problems. There are some people I have seen
claiming they can resize windows and there are no problems. I have
never experienced that particular bit of magic. My rule is either
partition before install or else plan to pull out the trusty windows
recovery cd.