[RndTbl] Resizing XP NTFS partitions
Kevin McGregor
kmcgregor at shaw.ca
Mon Apr 26 16:04:49 CDT 2004
I'd make a backup first. On one occasion I resized an NTFS partition with Partition Magic, and the NTFS partition was unusable afterward. Generally PM works very well, though.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Reid <billreid at shaw.ca>
Date: Monday, April 26, 2004 1:32 pm
Subject: Re: [RndTbl] Resizing XP NTFS partitions
> I have used parted successfully. I think I have used it on NTFS
> file
> system but it does say it supports it.
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/
>
> Glen Ditchfield wrote:
> > I have a Windows XP machine, and I want to add SuSE 9.0. I want
> to cut the
> > existing 39GB NTFS partition in half to make room. SuSE's
> installer tries,
> > but brings up a dialog box saying that due to limitations of the
> software,
> > the file system can only be shrunk by up to 3584 MB, and advises
> me to run a
> > disk defragmentation program under Windows to move the used
> blocks toward the
> > start of the partition. If I use the installer CD in rescue
> mode and try
> > ntfsresize, it comes up with the same numbers.
> >
> > The Windows XP defragmenter shows the last half of the partition
> as being
> > free. If I run it repeatedly, it claims to be compacting the
> same set of
> > files over and over, but SuSE's "3584MB" number doesn't change.
> >
> > Some web searching turns up suggestions that XP's NTFS is
> different from
> > earlier NTFS. Can ntfsresize really shrink the partition by
> more than
> > 3584MB?
> >
> > Is Partition Magic my only hope?
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