resize vista partition (Page 1 of 2)

There is more than one word ! There is one topic
http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=431

Yes i can ! And I do
But it seems to be more safe to run command line, like it is said in the topic.

Well, basically here is what happens :
you first shrink the file system.Then you shrink the partition.
Common users don't even know there is a file system : they though there is only one think, which is partition.

That said, what you have to do is to be safe . so it is much more safe to set the partition a little bit bigger than the file system, so you are sure the file system is hold in the partition, so there is no risk it overflows.
Right ?

Look at this. Here is an example :

Like you see i can set 14 (it is a usb-key, so very small), or set +120M or +120000K. Okay ?
For you it is the same !
Try to set 36 go for "end".
Anyway, since you don't type "w" it won't write anything !
After you type 36G, just type "p" to print the output and compare with the old value if you want (it should be less :-p).

right ?

Larry,
thank you for your help.

I followed your instructions (I put "+36000M" at the 'End') and I have :

before:

/dev/sda3      *       1310           19157         NTFS

and after should be like:
/dev/sda3      *       1310           5687   35162299+         83  Linux

Was it correct? Does it look like I have now 36 Gb for Vista, and the rest for Linux?

I found the answer on the last question in your post. So, I have now the following:

/dev/sda3      *       1310           5687   35162299+         7  NTFS

What sign "+" in "35162299+" mean? If it is OK, could I save the changes?

thanks,
  jess

Dear Larry,

Thank you very much for your help. I rebooted the computer and it works! Everything is safe and working.

jess

One last question - now the rest of resized partition  is now marked as Unallocated. As a result, Linux installation (Fedora) fails when tries to format this partition. Can I use gparted to format this partition without any problems for Vista?

thanks,
  jess

fdisk -l give me the following:

                   Boot Start            End
/dev/sda1                1                 4               Dell Utility
/dev/sda2                5                1310          NTFS
/dev/sda3      *       1310           5808          NTFS
/dev/sda4               19197         19458         W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5               19197         19458          Unknown

So, I don't see here the rest of my partition I resized yesterday (~100 Gb). Did I miss something during yesterday operation?

jess

# cat /proc/partitions

major   minor     blocks     name
7           0            44616     loop0
8           0        156290904   sda
8           1               32098   sda1
8           2          10485760   sda2
8           3          36134232   sda3
8           4                       1  sda4
8           5             2096128  sda5

I don't see here 'unallocated' partitions which is the rest of resized /dev/sda3.  Moreover, even Disk Managment of Vista could not format 'Unallocated space' - gave me an error "No enough space for that operation'. What should I do?

Thanks for the help. Here is the full output from fdisk:

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start             End      Blocks           Id    System
/dev/sda1                1                 4             32098+   de    Dell Utility
/dev/sda2                5                1310    10485760     7      NTFS
/dev/sda3      *       1310           5808     36134232     7      NTFS
/dev/sda4               19197         19458     2097152      f      W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5               19197         19458     2096128     dd     Unknown

I don't know how to post output of Gparted - cannot save somehow. Was output from fdisk helpful?

Okay ! the problem is easy to see. Someone reported the same, but I can't remember when and where.
Like you see your hard drive is 19457 cylinders ; but the last partition go up to 19458.
this is bad.
are you able to delete sda5 ? and then  sda4 ?