Clan x86

General Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: skip on October 27, 2007, 11:12:06 PM

Title: Vista Parition
Post by: skip on October 27, 2007, 11:12:06 PM
For some reason, I can't seem to be able to resize my Vista partition.

I tried Partition Magic 8. That failed. That just gave me an error 110 or something.

I tried GParted. That failed. That also gave me an error.

I tried Vista's parition tool, Disk Management. That just greyed out the ability to resize my partition. I tried diskpart.exe from command and that failed too. It kept saying I didn't have enough space when I had plenty.

Help?
Title: Re: Vista Parition
Post by: Newby on October 27, 2007, 11:18:07 PM
Which way are you resizing it? NTFS can only expand forward, iirc. If you try to expand backwards, it will fail.

Hope that helps.
Title: Re: Vista Parition
Post by: skip on October 27, 2007, 11:38:50 PM
I'm trying to shrink it to make room for Ubuntu 7.10. I'm goin' back.

Quote from: Newby on October 27, 2007, 11:18:07 PM
NTFS can only expand forward, iirc. If you try to expand backwards, it will fail.

Is this only for Vista? I remember shrinking XP NTFS.
Title: Re: Vista Parition
Post by: Newby on October 27, 2007, 11:42:12 PM
Quote from: skip on October 27, 2007, 11:38:50 PM
Is this only for Vista? I remember shrinking XP NTFS.

You can shrink it. I thought you were trying to expand it. Just stating that Vista's partition cannot expand forward. It can shrink on the far end, and expand that way too.

Weird problem, though. Any way you can get some verbose information out of GParted?
Title: Re: Vista Parition
Post by: skip on October 28, 2007, 12:27:21 AM
This crap is taking forever. I'm using GParted. It got further this time around. Last time, it gave me an error 5 minutes in.

Hope it works.  :)
Title: Re: Vista Parition
Post by: Warrior on October 28, 2007, 08:08:06 AM
It's obviously because you're trying to install ubuntu.
Title: Re: Vista Parition
Post by: skip on October 28, 2007, 05:30:00 PM
Or maybe cause of Vista. Possibly. Maybe.

Anywho, I got it. Thanks for the help Newby :)
Title: Re: Vista Parition
Post by: Warrior on October 28, 2007, 05:57:41 PM
Quote from: skip on October 28, 2007, 05:30:00 PM
Or maybe cause of Vista. Possibly. Maybe.

Anywho, I got it. Thanks for the help Newby :)

The possibility of this is very low.
Title: Re: Vista Parition
Post by: skip on October 28, 2007, 07:07:49 PM
But still a possibility, no?

hhahah
Title: Re: Vista Parition
Post by: Warrior on October 28, 2007, 07:50:10 PM
Quote from: skip on October 28, 2007, 07:07:49 PM
But still a possibility, no?

hhahah

aproximately 0.01%
Title: Re: Vista Parition
Post by: skip on October 28, 2007, 08:17:07 PM
0.01% = still a possibility
Title: Re: Vista Parition
Post by: Warrior on October 28, 2007, 08:19:41 PM
Quote from: skip on October 28, 2007, 08:17:07 PM
0.01% = still a possibility

DID I EVER DENY IT?

NO??

OK STUPID END YOURSELF.
Title: Re: Vista Parition
Post by: skip on October 28, 2007, 08:23:32 PM
YEA U DID

You said that I'm getting an error BECAUSE "OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO INSTALL UBUNTU"

THUS

you DENIED that it's vista's fault.
Title: Re: Vista Parition
Post by: Sidoh on October 28, 2007, 08:30:46 PM
Quote from: skip on October 28, 2007, 08:23:32 PM
YEA U DID

You said that I'm getting an error BECAUSE "OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO INSTALL UBUNTU"

THUS

you DENIED that it's vista's fault.

lol, you're taking Warrior too seriously.  He's a Microsoft zealot.  He's jokingly saying that since you are having anything to do with something that's not Windows, the forces of nature are conspiring to keep your install from running smoothly.
Title: Re: Vista Parition
Post by: skip on October 28, 2007, 08:37:43 PM
Haha, I know.

We've had our WoW life, where I would totally verbally own him and his Warrior.  ;D
Title: Re: Vista Parition
Post by: Warrior on October 28, 2007, 09:39:28 PM
Quote from: skip on October 28, 2007, 08:37:43 PM
Haha, I know.

We've had our WoW life, where I would totally verbally own him and his Warrior.  ;D

I hope you're joking bro =).

I HOPE YOU'RE JOKING BROO.


remember that time you almost died to the horde?
i wish i never stepped in.

lol. I think that was my last time ever logging on Xalis as Alliance.
Title: Re: Vista Parition
Post by: skip on October 28, 2007, 09:58:58 PM
remember the time where if i wasn't throwing my awesome protadin heals on you, you would have died to horde?

hahahha, I'm kiddin'

That's sad. I'm thinking of totally ditching my paladin for something else.
Title: Re: Vista Parition
Post by: Warrior on October 28, 2007, 10:10:53 PM
Quote from: skip on October 28, 2007, 09:58:58 PM
remember the time where if i wasn't throwing my awesome protadin heals on you, you would have died to horde?

hahahha, I'm kiddin'

That's sad. I'm thinking of totally ditching my paladin for something else.

reroll horde dude, I'll get you in my guild