Problem resizing partition

[Jerry Feldman]

I always keep a copy of gparted, especially at installfests. I used to
use QTParted from the Knoppix CDs, but it is no longer available on
those, but GParted is effectively the same thing. Unfortunately, Windows
backups don't always restore properly. The most important thing to do
before a resize is to defrag the file system. Then, immediately after
you resize the partition, boot into Windows again to make sure it is
still operational. While I have not yet tried it, some form of P2V might
also be useful in that this alows you to convert a runnning Windows
system to a runnable virtual machine.

Another solution might be to run a VM inside of Vista and run Linux from
the VM although I prefer a Linux hostOS, and a Windows guest.

On 06/23/2009 01:15 PM, Laura Conrad wrote:
>>>>>> "Jerry" =3D=3D Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> writes:
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>     Jerry> What Windows version.=20
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> Vista Home Premium.
>
>     Jerry> If you have Vista, did you try the built-in resizing
>     Jerry> software.
>     Jerry> <http://www.vistarewired.com/2007/02/16/how-to-resize-a-part=
ition-in-windows-vista>
>
> I tried that.  It said "Access Denied."  I googled on that problem for =
a
> while, and someone thought that if I disabled User Account Control and
> then took ownership of the volume it would work.  I was able to disable=

> the User Account Control, but couldn't find where to change the
> ownership of the volume.
>
> So someone else had said they had good results with the gparted live CD=
,
> so I burned that, and it seems to be doing the trick.
>
>     Jerry> Also, make sure you defrag the Windows partition before
>     Jerry> resizing. Unlike the Linux file systems, Windows does not tr=
y
>     Jerry> to maintain a frag-free file system.
>
> It's apparently worse than that; it deliberately puts some important
> files at the end of the partition.  But if gparted turns out to clobber=

> my windows, I can get back the factory version, and I haven't done
> anything important.
>
>  =20


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