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Why does partition tool GParted read the 190GB of data twice when shrink a 250GB partition to 190GB? When using GParted to shrink a 250GB partition to 190GB, I thought it will move the 60GB of data back into the 190GB region and call it done. But instead it reads the 190GB of data twice, the first time taking about 1 hour and the second time for 2 hours... Started by Jian Lin on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 3 posts by 3 people.   Read the full thread at superuser Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser): This might be an answer: (I found that when all actions are completed) When "details" in GParted.

Is using Ubuntu 9.04 installation disc to re-partition almost just as good as GParted? Is using Ubuntu 9.04 installation disc to re-partition almost just as good as GParted? Do you need to some how stop the installation after the re-partition? thanks. the reason of using this method is that GParted 0.4.6-1 cannot recognize my hard drive... Started by Jian Lin on Friday, October 23, 2009, 3 posts by 3 people.   Read the full thread at superuser Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser): If GParted cannot see your drive then Ubuntu's tool. But if GParted does not recognize your drive, then Ubuntu's tool will probably also have problems. The partioning tool after booting the Ubuntu live CD.

If I resize a Linux partition using GParted will my data be safe? I would like to shrink the size of a partition containing an Ubuntu distribution and files. Is it safe to assume that I will not lose or corrupt any of the files as long as I don't make the partition smaller than the amount of data that is currently on... Started by Tim Wardle on Thursday, May 07, 2009, 4 posts by 4 people.   Read the full thread at serverfault Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault): When used correctly that you not try and shrink too close to the amount of data on the partition - leave at least 10% free. But, I have used GParted many, many times. As always, backup your data before.

Is GParted very reliable? Is it as good as Partition Magic? In the old days, I used Partition Magic which can support up to 80GB hard drives. But now it seems needing to buy a copy that will support 1TB drive or 2TB drive and pay $60 or $70 for it... (the newest version on Amazon.com is a 2003/2004 version) Is... Started by Jian Lin on Thursday, October 22, 2009, 4 posts by 4 people.   Read the full thread at superuser Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser): As for comparing it to Partition.... I've used GParted for ages and have never had a problem, using the LiveCD edition to be specific. I have been happily using GParted without ). Some discussion here on GParted and Partition Magic .

[ubuntu] How long should GParted shrink take I'm shrinking my Ubuntu partition to make room for a Windows one, it's a 600gb partition, and I'm shrinking it to 350gb, and it's taking a long time. It's been 20 minutes now. The thing that is strange is that I'm not moving any data, so it really shouldn... Started by georgeos on Saturday, January 21, 2012, 5 posts by 5 people.   Read the full thread at ubuntuforums Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at ubuntuforums): You can't shrink. I think you're ok and then choose to allocate space to any partition while the system is running . shrinking/rearranging on my PC, and GParted took over an hour for some operations.

On Ubuntu / Linux, after running ntfsresize, must you run fdisk? Instead, can you run GParted to resize the partition? GParted cannot shrink the partition since it says there are 5 bad sectors that are hardware related. (Scan disk on Windows XP can't fix them). So, after booting up the GParted disc, I used the Terminal to do a ntfsresize --bad-sectors --size 63G /dev/... Started by Jian Lin on Sunday, November 01, 2009, 3 posts by 3 people.   Read the full thread at superuser Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser): GParted does all. To do that you must use a disk partitioning tool as well, for example fdisk(8) .

[ubuntu] Gparted not recognizing my partitions correctly I'm trying to install Ubuntu 11.10 64bit and Gparted not recognizing my partitions correctly. I read that sometimes there's a problems with HP 4 partitions but they all suggested to delete those partitions and I don't wanna do that. I just want to shrink... Started by dado_eyad on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 10 posts by 7 people.   Read the full thread at ubuntuforums Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at ubuntuforums): I have 5 dynamic partitions and Gparted is mixing them up(attached pics) I want to shrink partedmagic.... And Gparted is mixing them up(attached pics) I want to shrink C or HD to make a new partition for ubuntu management tool.

How to shrink Windows 7 boot partition with unmovable files. I have just bought HP laptop with Windows 7 (64 bit). It has 500 GB HDD with three partitions: small hidden system partition, 12 GiB HP recovery partition, and 450 GiB C: boot partition. I would like to split this large C: partition into two partitions... Started by Alex Che on Sunday, December 27, 2009, 9 posts by 9 people.   Read the full thread at superuser Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser): In the case of the NTFS file, Linux kernel, and patches used in... . If I was you, I would give Gparted another try, it can be used as a Linux boot disk and can resize reports of problems when resizing file systems using gparted-live-0.5.0-3.

Why can I not shrink the disk volume down more than 50% of original size on Server 2008 I have a new server with 540 GB disk on one partition. I decided to shrink the volume down so I could have a couple of partitions for various reasons. I could only shrink the volume by 50%. I went back in later thinking maybe I could shrink it again, ... Started by Breadtruck on Friday, August 14, 2009, 5 posts by 5 people.   Read the full thread at serverfault Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault): --- You'd only be able to shrink the volume down and remove the bit on the right hand side then shrink it again and recover.... If the volume you are shrink already has data on it, you can only shrink the volume to where space.

How do I shrink an Extended Partition in Vista? I'm trying to shrink some partitions on my laptop so I can dual boot another OS, and I need about 6GB of space to do this. Unfortunately when I got my laptop and trashed the default Vista install, I didn't think ahead about this and I ended up making ... Started by Codesleuth on Thursday, January 14, 2010, 3 posts by 3 people.   Read the full thread at superuser Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser): It may even be specifically addressed in http. That GParted could do from the Live CD.