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How to merge a Windows HPFS/NTFS partition with a Linux partition in Linux?
I have a large partition left on my hard drive after my previous Vista installation. Now I use Ubuntu and want to utilize the whole disk under one file system. I guess I should...
Started by Alex on
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Again make sureI would mount the NTFS read-only partition and, assuming there's enough space inside the partition partition into the Ubuntu ....
Live-CD for this, but you can use any that have a disk partition editor.
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Does anyone know a way to find out programatically which physical disk holds a given partition? Manually, I can find this info using Start->Run->diskmgmt.msc , where I can see that (on my computer) that partitions C: and D: are on disk 1, E: & F...
Started by Cristi Diaconescu on
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In addition to Arul's answer, here's a link....
Are you sure the partition is associated with only one disk? It could be striped/spanned/etc across multiple physical disks.
Here's basic info about WMI in .NET.
Win32_DiskDrive class.
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Exactly what part of the disk is a UUID stored on? MBR? Somewhere within the partition? Is it a calculated value, or randomly generated and recorded?
Started by jldugger on
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By example,
[pobega@greedo]$ **ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/** lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-08-26 17:13 2dcd156b-7ec6-4bf5-b1a2-dd4f5fb....
The UUID of a partition, but by far the simplest way is to look in the /dev/disk/by-uuid/ folder.
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Help! i can't access my data disk!
I got 2 harddisks The first one contained one partition with Windows XP on it. the second harddisk contained one partition used only to store data(non-bootable).
So i decided to give Windows 7 RC a try and moved all ...
Started by Chris on
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If you can, I'd start by pulling out the data disk and attaching it to....
If the partition table somehow got damaged on the data disk all of the data is still there.
Don't panic or do anything rash to the data disk, for starts.
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There seems to be a lot of confusion around having multiple partitions for Windows. Some of the theories I have heard are
It's faster to move to a new partition start than searching for a file start If you need to format it's easier since the data is ...
Started by Robert MacLean on
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Recommend a partition at least doublePutting swap on a different....
Thus you can make one partition, 64 KB or larger, and in one contiguous block of disk space.
Part of the physical disk (depending on partition order).
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Hi,
Is there any way in Java (1.6+) to retrieve the partition disk structure? (For example: NTFS, FAT32, HFS+, or EXT3.)
External libraries are permitted.
Thanks,
Gianni
Started by Gianni on
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Under OS X the output of "mount" includes the file system:
ravn:~ ravn$ mount /... .
Sfdisk -l /dev/hdc
unfortunately it isn't very platform independent.
You could use Runtime.getRuntime().exec() to execute a command like sfdisk and then parse the output .
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I have just connected an external RAID1 enclosure (a Lacie Quadro2) through FireWire800 interface to my iMac 24.
I copied all my internal "Machintosh HD" to the new disk, setted the system to use the external disk as Startup Disk, the volume is named ...
Started by AlberT on
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You can hide the internal disk using Finder’s preferences (under Finder > Preferences >
If you want the disk simply hidden from view in the Finder:
/usr/bin/setFile -a V /Volumes/Macintosh.
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After reading Disk Partition Alignment Best Practices for SQL Server , I just want to give those advices a try, but on my linux test server. What are the required parameters in order to set the partition offset (for fdisk if possible, or any other partitioning...
Started by alexandrul on
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Command (m for help): x Expert command (m for help): b Partition number (1-4): 1 New beginning.
In fdisk and change the starting LBA of the partition to a value that is evenly divisible by 8 of fdisk.
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Is there any free (reliable....yes I know..) disk partition software for Windows Server? I am checking before I do make a purchase. I just need to resize a disk.
Edit ~ I have a windows server 2003 Raid 5 with 2 partitions "C" and "D". I need to resize...
Started by Saif Khan on
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Gparted in this case will not let you resize your... .
If you're trying to shrink the partition you need to run a disk defragger that will move all the data to the beginning of the disk before resizing the partition.
Destructive.
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Windows XP Disk Defragmenter report shows a constant gap in disk usage on a number of disk partitions on my system. I'm not referring to the little transitory gaps that occur. In disk D below, the gap in question is the one under the word "defragmentation...
Started by Refactor on
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This empty space allows it to grow for a while without .
Be used for files if the disk gets really full.
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