[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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