How make an unattended partitioning of the NTFS partitions under Linux without destroying data.
Hello,
I need to resize the NTFS partitions of my disk from Linux.
I've found two ways to do it :
1) ntfsresize
2) gparted
the first tool works under the shell,it is good,but I read that it is not secure because it does not resize really the partitions,it modifies only the partition table. I don't like too much this way. The second one is to use gparted. Here the problem is that I should make the unattended partitioning of the disk for third party,assuming that they aren't so experienced to do it by themselfes.
For unattended partitioning I mean that I have two choices to do it for someone :
1) use some kind of tool able to record the keys pressed and the mouse buttons clicked
2) use gparted without gui
3) find a tool that does not alters only the partition table,but that makes a real resize of the NTFS partitions,that works without a GUI.
Please suggest something to me. 10x
I need to resize the NTFS partitions of my disk from Linux.
I've found two ways to do it :
1) ntfsresize
2) gparted
the first tool works under the shell,it is good,but I read that it is not secure because it does not resize really the partitions,it modifies only the partition table. I don't like too much this way. The second one is to use gparted. Here the problem is that I should make the unattended partitioning of the disk for third party,assuming that they aren't so experienced to do it by themselfes.
For unattended partitioning I mean that I have two choices to do it for someone :
1) use some kind of tool able to record the keys pressed and the mouse buttons clicked
2) use gparted without gui
3) find a tool that does not alters only the partition table,but that makes a real resize of the NTFS partitions,that works without a GUI.
Please suggest something to me. 10x
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Can I use gparted without a gui ? Which parameters should I pass to the boot ?
Will work in various difficult situations:
No defragmentation needed prior to use
Supports both shrinking and expanding NTFS
Supports resizing volumes with known bad sectors in them
let me check the manual i don0t use this command for a long time
No defragmentation needed prior to use
Supports both shrinking and expanding NTFS
Supports resizing volumes with known bad sectors in them
let me check the manual i don0t use this command for a long time
found a working manual see if it helps
http://web.archive.org/web/20070209182954/mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20070209182954/mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html
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it seems that ntfsresize is included in gparted. But if it like this,please answer to this question : why if I resize the ntfs partitions using ntfsresize from the shell it takes a little time,but when I do it using gparted it takes so *much* time ?
what command options you use on ntfsresize and gparted
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lsize_sda2=$(echo pq | fdisk /dev/sda2 | grep "Disk /dev"| cut -f 5 -d \ )
lsize_sda2=$(echo $lsize | cut -f1 -d'.')
let lnum_sda2=$lsize_sda2-1
echo $lnum_sda2
ntfsresize -n -s $lnum_sda2'G' /dev/sda2
with gparted I use no options,because I use always the gui
lsize_sda2=$(echo $lsize | cut -f1 -d'.')
let lnum_sda2=$lsize_sda2-1
echo $lnum_sda2
ntfsresize -n -s $lnum_sda2'G' /dev/sda2
with gparted I use no options,because I use always the gui
-n, –no-action
Use this option to make a test run before doing the real resize operation. Volume will be opened
read-only and ntfsresize displays what it would do if it were to resize the filesystem. Continue with
the real resizing only if the test run passed.
Use this option to make a test run before doing the real resize operation. Volume will be opened
read-only and ntfsresize displays what it would do if it were to resize the filesystem. Continue with
the real resizing only if the test run passed.
that why it's making fast resize and doesn't resize
the -n it's for no action
the -n it's for no action
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:D I've not used it when I did tests. Now I forgot it when I've copied and pasted the text
i've made some resizing test on an old computer and it whent fine with ntfs resize :-\ but if u whant to make a backup first u can use ntfsclone
but don't forget to make an chkdsk /f later b/c sometimes it leaves some errors behind
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and one thing ntfsresize will defrag your disk first to the allocated sectors before changing the partition table
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I did the whole procedure right now. After having resized /dev/sda2 and /dev/sda1,I've rebooted and I've tried to boot Windows. It did not work, Before to be able to boot it I have to fire up the rescue console of Windows 7 because I can't do it from Windows 7. Every time I do the same procedure with gparted it does not ask to me to make chkdsk /f from Windows. Why ?
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partition magic is free ? Maybe I can use without a gui....
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there's another prog i think it's called DiskDrake that comes with mandriva don't know if it works but u gan give it a try
u can also try ntfsfix to make an "chkdsk" but it doen't fix everything u can allwa use the windows 7 cd and enter in recovery console..
going to sleep cya tomorrow =)
there's another prog i think it's called DiskDrake that comes with mandriva don't know if it works but u gan give it a try
u can also try ntfsfix to make an "chkdsk" but it doen't fix everything u can allwa use the windows 7 cd and enter in recovery console..
going to sleep cya tomorrow =)
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