[SATLUG] G/Parted + NTFS

[John Pappas]

On 6/8/07, Channing <Channing.ML at channingc.com> wrote:
>
> I am looking for first-hand experiences with the following.  I'd like to
> use gparted to resize a 2000 (SP3) server's filesystems .  It's a
> hardware RAID 5 with the slicing looking like the following:
>
>     C:               4G     NTFS (600 Megs free)
>     D:               98G   NTFS (40G free)
>
> The goal is to increase C: with some of the unused space from D: without
> having to restore from backups after the resize/move.  I'm sure if I
> plop-down  $70 for Partition Magic, this is doable without running into
> any restore non-sense.  Is that true for gparted?


I had this EXACT issue.  I used the GParted/CloneZilla ISO from
http://gparted.free.fr/GParted-Clonezilla/
I now carry the recent version in my CD toolbag, and the ISO on my External
HDD in my laptop bag. ;)

After that, I used on my Dell laptops to move/resize the partitions around.

Note that Partition Magic will probably not work for the MS Server
versions.  The OTS version of PQPM that I own said "This product does not
work on Microsoft Server" blah blah when I tried it.

Works like a charm.  Now serves as my replacement for Drive Image and
Partition Magic.  There is no replacement for SpinRite 6 though!

TIA,
> Channing
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