1 Topic by littleefoxx (edited by littleefoxx 2015-03-27 07:19:40)

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Topic: GParted Doesn't Boot Properly [SOLVED]

I'm running Windows XP SP3. I'm using a 4 GB Sandisk flash drive.
I'm simply wanting to split my current partition (C Drive) into 2 partitions.

I have tried all 4 boot methods shown on the Gparted website with the exact same issue. GParted will start to boot, then takes me to a blank screen with a blinking cursor and will not do anything (Ctrl Alt Del, Power Button) I have to hold the power button down to get out of it.

I don't think I'm doing anything wrong. The drive works fine booting from other .isos (Such as Windows installation) Please give me some support and thanks in advance.

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Re: GParted Doesn't Boot Properly [SOLVED]

littleefoxx wrote:

I have tried all 4 boot methods shown on the Gparted website with the exact same issue. GParted will start to boot, then takes me to a blank screen with a blinking cursor and will not do anything (Ctrl Alt Del, Power Button) I have to hold the power button down to get out of it.

I have the same here.

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Re: GParted Doesn't Boot Properly [SOLVED]

Would you be able to try the latest GParted Live image (currently 0.22.0-1)?

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Re: GParted Doesn't Boot Properly [SOLVED]

I downloaded the latest version from the site, which was that version.

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5 Reply by littleefoxx (edited by littleefoxx 2015-03-26 01:51:15)

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Re: GParted Doesn't Boot Properly [SOLVED]

Scratch that, I didn't realize there was a BRAND new version. Downloading now

UPDATE: I'm still having the same issue. It will show the GParted information really quick, then go to a blank console screen with just a blinking cursor where I can't do anything except force shutdown.

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Re: GParted Doesn't Boot Properly [SOLVED]

Often boot problems have been related to the boot media.

Would you be able to try booting from different media?  Either a different USB flash drive, or from CD or DVD media?

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Re: GParted Doesn't Boot Properly [SOLVED]

Well, I don't have a reason to use GParted anymore because I successfully deleted my ENTIRE harddrive (which is very, very bad) But anyways...I guess I'll just set this to closed because I can now multi-boot and use GParted, which was the whole reason I needed it in the first place.

Thanks for the support anyways.

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Re: GParted Doesn't Boot Properly [SOLVED]

Thank you for reporting back and marking the issue as solved.