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Started by skip, October 27, 2007, 11:12:06 PM

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October 27, 2007, 11:12:06 PM Last Edit: October 27, 2007, 11:17:09 PM by skip
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?

Newby

#1
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.
- Newby
http://www.x86labs.org

Quote[17:32:45] * xar sets mode: -oooooooooo algorithm ban chris cipher newby stdio TehUser tnarongi|away vursed warz
[17:32:54] * xar sets mode: +o newby
[17:32:58] <xar> new rule
[17:33:02] <xar> me and newby rule all

Quote from: Rule on June 30, 2008, 01:13:20 PM
Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 AM
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

skip

#2
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.

Newby

#3
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?
- Newby
http://www.x86labs.org

Quote[17:32:45] * xar sets mode: -oooooooooo algorithm ban chris cipher newby stdio TehUser tnarongi|away vursed warz
[17:32:54] * xar sets mode: +o newby
[17:32:58] <xar> new rule
[17:33:02] <xar> me and newby rule all

Quote from: Rule on June 30, 2008, 01:13:20 PM
Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 AM
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

skip

#4
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.  :)

Warrior

#5
October 28, 2007, 08:08:06 AM
It's obviously because you're trying to install ubuntu.
One must ask oneself: "do I will trolling to become a universal law?" And then when one realizes "yes, I do will it to be such," one feels completely justified.
-- from Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Trolling

skip

#6
October 28, 2007, 05:30:00 PM
Or maybe cause of Vista. Possibly. Maybe.

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

Warrior

#7
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.
One must ask oneself: "do I will trolling to become a universal law?" And then when one realizes "yes, I do will it to be such," one feels completely justified.
-- from Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Trolling

skip

#8
October 28, 2007, 07:07:49 PM
But still a possibility, no?

hhahah

Warrior

#9
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%
One must ask oneself: "do I will trolling to become a universal law?" And then when one realizes "yes, I do will it to be such," one feels completely justified.
-- from Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Trolling

skip

#10
October 28, 2007, 08:17:07 PM
0.01% = still a possibility

Warrior

#11
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.
One must ask oneself: "do I will trolling to become a universal law?" And then when one realizes "yes, I do will it to be such," one feels completely justified.
-- from Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Trolling

skip

#12
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.

Sidoh

#13
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.

skip

#14
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
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