Topic: Can Gparted resize a NTFS partition without losing data?
Can Gparted resize a NTFS partition without losing data?
I didn't see this mentioned in the about page nor the features page.
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Can Gparted resize a NTFS partition without losing data?
I didn't see this mentioned in the about page nor the features page.
hum, we dont mention it ? I though we did.
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/features.php
Yes GParted can resize NTFS partition, but use ntfsprogs to do it. So if you install gparted on your distro, you *must* install to ntfsprogs.
BTW if you want to resize VISTA you need a special version of ntfsresize, that might come with ntfsprogs.
NOTE that we have some weird reports about resizing ntfs : all the tests i made were succefull -- and i made many, but it happens that xp wont boot after a resize. ATM, we dont know exactly in which condition it failes ; we are currently working on resolving this problem...
I know GParted can resize NTFS, that's not what I want to know.
I want to know if GParted can resize NTFS "without losing data".
I want to know if GParted can resize NTFS "without losing data".
Well do you really think we could give such an unsafe product ?
Something wrong can always happen
Any way, it is always safe to make a backup before playing with partitions. I dont know one software which doesnt specify to make a backup *before* doing any change on a partition. So you'd better do it first.
Partition without losing data is one of the features of PartitionMagic. On their features page, Powerquest claim that PartitionMagic can resize Partition without losing data.
http://www.powerquest.com/home_homeoffi … ;pvid=pm80
"Allows you to copy, move, resize, split, or merge partitions as needed without losing data"
Some other partition software also have this features, for example Paragon Partition Manager:
http://www.partition-manager.com/
"Resize, move, hide, merge, restore and convert partitions without data loss."
So I want to know if GParted also have this feature.
All those products mention explicitly that one must make a backup before any operation
But endeed GParted can resize without losing data : if it doesnt, it wouldn't be usefull, i think
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