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cezarrangel

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(solved) gparted refuses to shorten ntfs partition

Hi everybody.  I am trying to shorten the /dev/sda1 ntfs partition with gparted but it does not work. there is an error message and I cannot apply the change. thanks.

Last edited by cezarrangel (2013-02-12 12:58:22)

jasonwryan

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Re: (solved) gparted refuses to shorten ntfs partition

And the error message is a secret because?

Not an Installation issue; moving to Newbie Corner...

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cezarrangel

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Re: (solved) gparted refuses to shorten ntfs partition

thank you so much Jasonwryan. I apologyze on my knees. the problem is that I want to shorten this ntfs partition /dev/sda1 to have enough space for an Arch partition. Unfortunately I cannot get rid of this ntfs partition permanentely. that is why I wrongly (sorry again for the mess on the forum) considered it an installation issue. and, sorry again, of course you could not guess the error message.

In fact, when the gparted windown opens,  the option to resize/move the ntfs partition is there available. but when I try to choose the new size of the ntfs partition it does not go anyhere. I try to move the reference to the ntfs partition with the mouse cursor to the size I want but this action is not available. I have already tried defragmenting the ntfs partition. the operation seems to end successful. but when I try gparted again it is no use. I do not succeed resize/move the ntfs partition.

I thank you once more for your most kind answer and apologize for the hasty issue.

Last edited by cezarrangel (2013-02-11 12:38:02)

cezarrangel

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Re: (solved) gparted refuses to shorten ntfs partition

Hi, finally the error message. sorry for the delay?

<i>ntfsresize v2012.1.15AR.5 (libntfs-3g)<br />Device name        : /dev/sda1<br />NTFS volume version: 3.1<br />Cluster size       : 4096 bytes<br />Current volume size: 404223947264 bytes (404224 MB)<br />Current device size: 404223950848 bytes (404224 MB)<br />Checking for bad sectors ...<br />Checking filesystem consistency ...<br />Accounting clusters ...<br />Cluster accounting failed at 374399 (0x5b67f): extra cluster in $Bitmap<br />Filesystem check failed! Totally 1 cluster accounting mismatches.<br />ERROR: NTFS is inconsistent. Run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot it TWICE!<br />The usage of the /f parameter is very IMPORTANT! No modification was<br />and will be made to NTFS by this software until it gets repaired.<br /></i>

cezarrangel

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Re: (solved) gparted refuses to shorten ntfs partition

the problem with gparted has been solved. in fact the solution is on the error message:

"Run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot it TWICE!<br />The usage of the /f parameter is very IMPORTANT!"

after that just have to run gparted again and resize/move the ntfs partition the way you wish.

Thanks everyone for the attention