Resize NTFS Partition

[tatteredpotato]

I want to install FC5 on my laptop, so i downloaded the Knoppix live cd in order to resize the partition. When i attempt to resize, i get the message:

"Filesystem check failed! Totally 1 cluster accounting mismatches."

I messed up my NTFS partition putting linux on my desktop, id like to avoid doing that on this machine.

 

[Brazen]

GParted LiveCD. Easy as pie.

 

[greylica]

First , before use this App from Linux, run defrag twice or more to condense the information on NTFS partition, when you do this, a high part of the HDD will be available to dismount the NTFS partition without affecting the clusters of your documents. This operation is risky all the times, then it´s mandatory that you have a notion of the space you are using to not affect your archives in the operation. I advice you to make a windows Backup before the operation. It will save data in case of an error. If your HDD has a 80 GB and has 20 GB of archives, after the defrag look where the archives stoped like an container, for a minimum perceipt of percentage thats being used, after that you will be able to spend more 20 or 25% more space than the ultimate cluster on your hard drive, It Will give Windows a necessary space, for defrag too. With these you can unmount NTFS, resize it and mount a new volume on your existing partition with lower space and create partitions for Linux with the rest of the resized partition.

 

[jackam]

If you are working under windows, you may read "resize partition for windows" to the problem.

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[yinan]

If you are just doing this to learn Linux, use a VM much simpler and you cant mess anythign up.

 

[Nothinman]

Why did you bump a 4yr old thread?