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Topic: Error when growing file system to fill partition

I'm not sure if what I was trying to do was even possible but I was trying to use the Gparted on a Linux Mint 12 live CD to shrink a Windows XP partition before I went ahead with the Linux Mint install.  When I started the resize operation, I got an error and when I checked the details I see that the last operation being performed was that Gparted was attempting to grow the file system to fill the partition.  I'm really not sure why this would be happening in the first place since all I was trying to do was shrink the size of the XP partition and it was to my understanding that there shouldn't be any need for it to fill the whole partition.

Can anyone tell me if this is happening because I am using the Gparted on the Linux Mint Live CD or if I am doing something wrong?

I tried doing it two ways...

1.  Shrink the XP partition and leave the rest as unallocated space to be formatted during the Mint install
2. Shrink the XP partition and format the remaining unallocated space into an ext4 formatted space for Mint and 3 GB for swap


Thanks in advance!

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Re: Error when growing file system to fill partition

I don't know the GParted version in the Linux Mint 12 live CD.
The use of specific operations and options (among them the alignment option) could create more than one operations in older GParted versions (i.e. move & resize ... ).

To shrink an XP partiton (ntfs or fat32) is possible, if the partition is "clean" (without errors and after a normal system shutdown). Otherwise, you need to run the chksdk /f command from the DOS window. It isn't necessary to defragment the partition, nevertheless previous defrag can help to a faster resize.

Win xp and operating systems of those years usually default to the "cylinder" alignment for the partitions, with the first one starting at the sector 63. Newer operating systems like win vista & 7 or the late Ubuntu Linux versions default to the MiB alignment to be compatible with the newest hard drive generations (SSD and the new 4096 byte drives. So, GParted defaults to the MiB. To work with older style partitions, it is better to use the "cylinder" option or aling to Nothing.
You can guess the exact alignment of your partitions from the output of the Linux command
sudo fdisk -lu
that gives the partition limits in sector precision. The cylinder alignment uses multiples of 255x63=16065 sectors.
The MiB alignment uses multiples of 8 sectors.


The only way to know what exactly GParted did or tried is to read the detail file.

After the end of the performed operations, you have an option to save the GParted detail file.
This file (in html format) is kept in the live filesystem (i.e. in RAM) and is lost by shutting the system down. So, to keep this file you have to mount a storage medium (usually USB stick, floppy disk, external hard drive, or even an internal hard drive) to copy it there.
So, if you didn't stop the system, you could be able to copy this file.

*** It is highly recommended to backup any important files before doing resize/move operations. ***

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Re: Error when growing file system to fill partition

This is what the save details say. ..



GParted 0.8.1 --enable-libparted-dmraid

Libparted 2.3
Shrink /dev/sda1 from 227.51 GiB to 117.40 GiB  00:00:37    ( ERROR )
        
calibrate /dev/sda1  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
        
path: /dev/sda1
start: 11261565
end: 488392064
size: 477130500 (227.51 GiB)
check file system on /dev/sda1 for errors and (if possible) fix them  00:00:09    ( SUCCESS )
        
ntfsresize -P -i -f -v /dev/sda1
        
ntfsresize v2011.4.12AR.4 (libntfs-3g)
Device name : /dev/sda1
NTFS volume version: 3.1
Cluster size : 4096 bytes
Current volume size: 244290814464 bytes (244291 MB)
Current device size: 244290816000 bytes (244291 MB)
Checking for bad sectors ...
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 16 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 18 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 19 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 20 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 21 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 22 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 23 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204435 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204436 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204437 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204438 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204439 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
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Record 204441 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
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Record 204443 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
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ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
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ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204446 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
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Record 16 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
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ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 21 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 22 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 23 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
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ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
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ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204437 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204438 has no FILE magic (0x0)
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Record 204442 has no FILE magic (0x0)
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ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
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Checking filesystem consistency ...
Accounting clusters ...
Space in use : 79492 MB (32.5%)
Collecting resizing constraints ...
Estimating smallest shrunken size supported ...
File feature Last used at By inode
$MFT : 51591 MB 0
Multi-Record : 205490 MB 92629
$MFTMirr : 1 MB 1
Compressed : 205489 MB 96626
Sparse : 49172 MB 64551
Ordinary : 205506 MB 76239
You might resize at 79491932160 bytes or 79492 MB (freeing 164799 MB).
Please make a test run using both the -n and -s options before real resizing!
shrink file system  00:00:20    ( ERROR )
        
run simulation  00:00:11    ( SUCCESS )
        
ntfsresize -P --force /dev/sda1 -s 126055810559 --no-action
        
ntfsresize v2011.4.12AR.4 (libntfs-3g)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 16 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 18 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 19 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 20 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 21 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 22 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
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Record 22 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
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ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
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Device name : /dev/sda1
NTFS volume version: 3.1
Cluster size : 4096 bytes
Current volume size: 244290814464 bytes (244291 MB)
Current device size: 244290816000 bytes (244291 MB)
New volume size : 126055805440 bytes (126056 MB)
Checking filesystem consistency ...
Accounting clusters ...
Space in use : 79492 MB (32.5%)
Collecting resizing constraints ...
Needed relocations : 670991 (2749 MB)
Schedule chkdsk for NTFS consistency check at Windows boot time ...
Resetting $LogFile ... (this might take a while)
Relocating needed data ...
Updating $BadClust file ...
Updating $Bitmap file ...
Updating Boot record ...
The read-only test run ended successfully.
real resize  00:00:09    ( ERROR )
        
ntfsresize -P --force /dev/sda1 -s 126055810559
        
ntfsresize v2011.4.12AR.4 (libntfs-3g)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 16 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 18 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 19 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 20 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 21 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 22 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 23 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204435 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204436 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204437 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204438 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204439 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204440 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204441 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204442 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204443 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204444 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204445 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204446 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204447 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 16 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 18 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 19 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 20 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 21 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 22 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 23 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204435 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204436 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204437 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204438 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204439 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204440 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204441 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204442 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204443 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204444 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204445 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204446 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204447 has no FILE magic (0x0)
Device name : /dev/sda1
NTFS volume version: 3.1
Cluster size : 4096 bytes
Current volume size: 244290814464 bytes (244291 MB)
Current device size: 244290816000 bytes (244291 MB)
New volume size : 126055805440 bytes (126056 MB)
Checking filesystem consistency ...
Accounting clusters ...
Space in use : 79492 MB (32.5%)
Collecting resizing constraints ...
Needed relocations : 670991 (2749 MB)
WARNING: Every sanity check passed and only the dangerous operations left.
Make sure that important data has been backed up! Power outage or computer
crash may result major data loss!
Are you sure you want to proceed (y/[n])? OK quitting. NO CHANGES have been made to your NTFS volume.
check file system on /dev/sda1 for errors and (if possible) fix them  00:00:08    ( SUCCESS )
        
ntfsresize -P -i -f -v /dev/sda1
        
ntfsresize v2011.4.12AR.4 (libntfs-3g)
Device name : /dev/sda1
NTFS volume version: 3.1
Cluster size : 4096 bytes
Current volume size: 244290814464 bytes (244291 MB)
Current device size: 244290816000 bytes (244291 MB)
Checking for bad sectors ...
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 16 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 18 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 19 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 20 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 21 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 22 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 23 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204435 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204436 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204437 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204438 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204439 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204440 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204441 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204442 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204443 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204444 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204445 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204446 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204447 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 16 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 18 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 19 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 20 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 21 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 22 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 23 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204435 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204436 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204437 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204438 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204439 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204440 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204441 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204442 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204443 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204444 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204445 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204446 has no FILE magic (0x0)
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x00000000 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 0 usa_count: 65535: Invalid argument
Record 204447 has no FILE magic (0x0)
Checking filesystem consistency ...
Accounting clusters ...
Space in use : 79492 MB (32.5%)
Collecting resizing constraints ...
Estimating smallest shrunken size supported ...
File feature Last used at By inode
$MFT : 51591 MB 0
Multi-Record : 205490 MB 92629
$MFTMirr : 1 MB 1
Compressed : 205489 MB 96626
Sparse : 49172 MB 64551
Ordinary : 205506 MB 76239
You might resize at 79491932160 bytes or 79492 MB (freeing 164799 MB).
Please make a test run using both the -n and -s options before real resizing!
grow file system to fill the partition  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
        
run simulation  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
        
ntfsresize -P --force /dev/sda1 --no-action
        
ntfsresize v2011.4.12AR.4 (libntfs-3g)
Device name : /dev/sda1
NTFS volume version: 3.1
Cluster size : 4096 bytes
Current volume size: 244290814464 bytes (244291 MB)
Current device size: 244290816000 bytes (244291 MB)
New volume size : 244290810368 bytes (244291 MB)
Nothing to do: NTFS volume size is already OK.
real resize  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
        
ntfsresize -P --force /dev/sda1
        
ntfsresize v2011.4.12AR.4 (libntfs-3g)
Device name : /dev/sda1
NTFS volume version: 3.1
Cluster size : 4096 bytes
Current volume size: 244290814464 bytes (244291 MB)
Current device size: 244290816000 bytes (244291 MB)
New volume size : 244290810368 bytes (244291 MB)
Nothing to do: NTFS volume size is already OK.

4 Reply by gedakc

  • gedakc
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  • Posts: 4,593

Re: Error when growing file system to fill partition

boswbr25 wrote:

<snip...> shrink a Windows XP partition before I went ahead with the Linux Mint install.  When I started the resize operation, I got an error and when I checked the details I see that the last operation being performed was that Gparted was attempting to grow the file system to fill the partition.  I'm really not sure why this would be happening in the first place since all I was trying to do was shrink the size of the XP partition and it was to my understanding that there shouldn't be any need for it to fill the whole partition.

Can anyone tell me if this is happening because I am using the Gparted on the Linux Mint Live CD or if I am doing something wrong?

You haven't done anything wrong per se.  It is best to use the latest GParted version though since many bugs have been fixed since version 0.8.1.

The last grow or maximize operation is part of the legacy of cylinder alignment to ensure that the file system did indeed use all of the space within the partition.

Newer versions of GParted do a better job of calculating the cylinder boundaries and hence the last maximize operation is no longer required.  This "redundant" grow operation has been removed in the GParted 0.11.0 release.  The most recent release of GParted is now 0.12.0.  The relevant bug report can be viewed at the following link:
Bug 663980 - Avoid redundant file system maximize actions on copy, move, and resize