Comments on: Resize NTFS partitions using the GParted live CD

By: bal

bal — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:32:05 +0000

try knoppix with its DD command – free

works no problem.

By: AlanP

AlanP — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:17:27 +0000

@Frank Try Macrium Reflect, for $40 not quite as comprehensive as Acronis but it will create an image to an external or network drive.

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:54:59 +0000

I’m in the same dilemma, but I don’t have the Acronis software available. Are there any alternatives to Acronis? It’s not in my budget currently to purchase this $1′300 sofware.

By: himuraken

himuraken — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:52:14 +0000

@Don Cobb
Did you happen to make a Acronis True Image backup of the system? I have had failures when resizing before and did the following to resolve it: Used GParted to remove all partitions, create new partitions with the sizes I wanted, and then restored the old partitions to the new larger ones using Acronis.

–Himuraken

By: Don Cobb

Don Cobb — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:15:28 +0000

I have the identical situation except the Dell server is an 800. I could shrink the D: partition just fine, but I could not use that space to expand the C: partition. The free space was displayed on the right side of the D: partition. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

By: cristobalin

cristobalin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:41:45 +0000

Hello,

I’m currently using Gparted which comes with the Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD. I’ve got a Dell PowerEdge server in my firm and ran into the same problem as you: 12GB for the OS partition, and over 200GB for the data volume… Gparted is really a good and fast tool to resize ntfs partitions when needed… especially in critical situations as that one.
Thanks for reporting your story )

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