11-25-2008
Resizing and repartitioning NTFS with gParted?
Sorry that this is slightly OT, but in my defence, I intend to install Linux (and probably others).
I just bought a new computer with Windows Vista preinstalled; and though there is no love between me and MS, I would like to keep it (I paid for it after all). I have 2 x 500GB HDD. The extra disk has one large NTFS partition, but as it's empthy, so I can handle that one. The main disk however, has one large partition (455GB) with Vista, and one small partition ("Recovery") of 10GB -- all in NTFS.
As the large partition is mostly empthy; I would like to resize (shrink) it, and put one or two new partition(s) between the two existing one -- one of them being the extended partition.
I have a gParted live CD, so I was thinking about using that.
My questions:
*Is it possible to shrink a NTFS partition with gParted, and create a new (extended) partition between the existing ones?
*Must I prepere the partition I want to shrink... e.g. defragment it?
*Do I risk (with gParted) to shrink it too much, and corrupting my files?
*Are there any pitfalls I should be aware of?
I've googled it, and it seems that often Vista refuses to boot after it's partition has been resized...:
*Is this a problem? Personal experiences...
*Can I prevent it from happening?
*If it happen, how can I recover from it (preferbly without reinstalling everything)?
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disktab
disktab(5) File Formats Manual disktab(5)
Name
disktab - disk description file
Syntax
#include <disktab.h>
Description
The file is a simple data base that describes disk geometries and disk partition characteristics. The format is patterned after the termi-
nal data base. Entries in consist of a number of fields separated by colons (:). The first entry for each disk gives the names that are
known for the disk, separated by vertical bars (|). The last name given should be a long name fully identifying the disk.
The following list indicates the normal values stored for each disk entry:
Name Type Description
ns num Number of sectors per track
nt num Number of tracks per cylinder
nc num Total number of cylinders on the disk
ba num Block size for partition `a' (bytes)
bd num Block size for partition `d' (bytes)
be num Block size for partition `e' (bytes)
bf num Block size for partition `f' (bytes)
bg num Block size for partition `g' (bytes)
bh num Block size for partition `h' (bytes)
fa num Fragment size for partition `a' (bytes)
fd num Fragment size for partition `d' (bytes)
fe num Fragment size for partition `e' (bytes)
ff num Fragment size for partition `f' (bytes)
fg num Fragment size for partition `g' (bytes)
fh num Fragment size for partition `h' (bytes)
pa num Size of partition `a' in sectors
pb num Size of partition `b' in sectors
pc num Size of partition `c' in sectors
pd num Size of partition `d' in sectors
pe num Size of partition `e' in sectors
pf num Size of partition `f' in sectors
pg num Size of partition `g' in sectors
ph num Size of partition `h' in sectors
se num Sector size in bytes
ty str Type of disk (e.g. removable, winchester)
The entries can be automatically generated with the program.
Files
See Also
chpt(8), newfs(8)
disktab(5)