SEO

#1 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 07:07 AM

Is that possible to resize NTFS partition?

#2 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 07:07 AM

Kwan Cheng wrote:

> Is that possible to resize NTFS partition?

How exactly is this a Linux question? NTFS isn't even fully documented
outside Microsoft, so strictly speaking, no one can accurately answer your
question who is not a Microsoft employee or technical rep. One thing is
sure -- there is no publicly available written specification for NTFS.

--
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com

#3 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 07:07 AM

Kwan Cheng wrote:
> Is that possible to resize NTFS partition?

Yes there are free NTFS tools available online. You can google
for them with "Non destructive NTFS resizing partition tool".

--
Confucius: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with The Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org/
Slackware 9.0 Kernel 2.4.22 i686 (GCC) 3.2.2
Uptime: 1 day, 6:53, 1 user, load average: 1.50, 1.43, 1.44

#4 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 07:08 AM

Kwan Cheng wrote:

> Is that possible to resize NTFS partition?

..... rwong newsgroup, try one of the m$ ones
..
--
/// Michael J. Tobler: motorcyclist, surfer, skydiver, \\\
\\\ and author: "Inside Linux", "C++ HowTo", "C++ Unleashed" ///
\\\ http://pages.sbcglobal.net/mtobler/mjt_linux_page.html ///
Life is like an analogy

#5 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 07:08 AM

Paul Lutus wrote:

> Kwan Cheng wrote:
>
>
>>Is that possible to resize NTFS partition?
>
>
> How exactly is this a Linux question? NTFS isn't even fully documented
> outside Microsoft, so strictly speaking, no one can accurately answer your
> question who is not a Microsoft employee or technical rep. One thing is
> sure -- there is no publicly available written specification for NTFS.

And the answer to the question he asked, probably to setup a dual-boot
machine, is "yes". There are some decent Linux tools called
"ntfsresize", but the interface for that is pretty confusiing and can
easily lead a newbie to shooting themselves in the filesystem using
them. The commercial tool "Partition Magic" is pretty good for this sort
of thing, and also handles resizing Linux-style ext2 partitions pretty
well (although if you're using ext3, you'll need to re-enable the ext3
journaling and the labels by hand).

#6 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 07:08 AM

On 2003-09-27, Kwan Cheng <kwanlcheng@comcast.net> wrote:

> Is that possible to resize NTFS partition?

Check the linux NTFS project:

http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/

--

-John (JohnThompson@new.rr.com)

#7 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 07:08 AM

I'm searching for a tool to resize a NTFS partition in the
non-destructive way to free up space for Linux.

Thanks you John Thompson and Pual Lutus for your advice.

Is there a linux boot image contain NTFSRESIZE???

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 21:13:03 GMT, John Thompson
<john@starfleet.os2.dhs.org> wrote:

>On 2003-09-27, Kwan Cheng <kwanlcheng@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Is that possible to resize NTFS partition?
>
>Check the linux NTFS project:
>
>http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/

#8 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 07:08 AM

Kwan Cheng wrote:

> I'm searching for a tool to resize a NTFS partition in the
> non-destructive way to free up space for Linux.
>
> Thanks you John Thompson and Pual Lutus for your advice.
>
> Is there a linux boot image contain NTFSRESIZE???

You can always build one, in particular if you can boot from a CD drive. But
you must realize this is (in principle) better accomplished from Windows.
After all, Windows owns the partition type and knows all its properties.

--
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com

#9 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 07:09 AM

Mission accomplished. I have Redhat AS 2.1 running. I used
ntfsresize to shrink and preserve the NTFS partition. Now, I have XP
and Linux dual boot on my system.

thanks a lot.

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 22:34:28 -0700, Paul Lutus <nospam@nosite.zzz>
wrote:

>Kwan Cheng wrote:
>
>> I'm searching for a tool to resize a NTFS partition in the
>> non-destructive way to free up space for Linux.
>>
>> Thanks you John Thompson and Pual Lutus for your advice.
>>
>> Is there a linux boot image contain NTFSRESIZE???
>
>You can always build one, in particular if you can boot from a CD drive. But
>you must realize this is (in principle) better accomplished from Windows.
>After all, Windows owns the partition type and knows all its properties.

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

SEO

HOWTO resize NTFS without losting data (fips on NTFS)