Re: 5.1.1 & NTFS resizing
Felix Miata wrote:
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> On 2008/06/17 17:02 (GMT-0400) Felix Miata apparently typed:
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>> Is there a GParted on this that is safe for XP NTFS partitions. I only
>> need
>> to shrink the sole partition by a tiny amount, less than one 255x63
>> cylinder
>> to clone it onto a nominally same size HD that isn't actually as big.
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> Oh, and why does gparted-bin ask for a password? If this hadn't happened
> maybe I wouldn't have needed to ask. I tried blank, none, knoppix, root,
> administrator & password without success. :-(
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You can use sudo for the password issue: sudo gparted.
You can set a password from a root terminal and the command passwd
Gparted is a very good software but backup your data before the shrink
operation!!
Cheers
Max
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