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Shrink NTFS Windows 7 Partition with GParted [duplicate]

Thi s quest i on already has an answer here: How can I resize NTFS partition in GParted? 2 answers I am running a dual-boot system with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.10. Initially I allocated about 20GB for my Ubuntu partition; however, I quickly ran out of that space and am now looking to expand my partition. Currently my NTFS partition (450GB) has about 130GB of free space. I tried using GParted to shrink the partition but encountered the following error. I booted into windows so I could run c h k d s k but the countdown freezes at 1 upon reboot. I tried multiple methods to resolve that issue but nothing seems to work. Finally I gave up, and now I just want to know what is the best way for me to force GParted to shrink the partition regardless of the errors. I don't really have anything important and I don't mind risking the data. I just don't want to wipe the entire NTFS partition because I don't have a Windows install CD and might require Windows later on for some programs. I tried using s u d on t f s r e s i z e but that spews out the same error as GParted... Any ideas?
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Why do you insist on using Gparted to resize a W7 partition, instead of the W7's own partition manager? mikewhatever Jun 24 '11 at 1:30 because resizing the active filesystem in NTFS or any system is generally bad, and Windows doesn't like doing it :P Thomas W. Aug 1 '11 at 18:48 I've said it before and I'll say it again - if you want to shrink a Windows partition ALWAYS defrag first - Windows has always thrown a fit for me if I've done it any other way and rendered the Windows install unbootable. The partition tool built into Windows is generally the best to resize a Windows partition - Gparted for anything else IMO. Mark Rooney Sep 1 '11 at 12:21 @LordofTime What do you mean by the "active filesystem"? In Windows Vista and later (including Windows 7), d i s k m g m t . m s c will schedule dynamic changes to partitions that are in-use when it runs, so they occur safely at shutdown (when the partition is "dismounted," to use the Windows term). Eliah Kagan Aug 7 '12 at 19:06

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As far as I know, the linux-based NTFS tools will refuse to touch a NTFS filesystem unless it is already perfectly consistent, so as to minimize the chance of data loss. Are you completely unable to boot into Windows? If you really really don't mind losing the data, you can delete the NTFS partition completely, and grow your linux partition to take up the extra space. I recommend doing this from a Live CD. I vaguely remember the NTFS mount program providing the option to mount a damaged filesystem as read-only so that you could recover data off of it, but I could be wrong.
answered May 2 '11 at 2:42 Ryan Thompson
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Try this application on Windows: http://partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html It can actually work with ext too.
answered Feb 27 '12 at 21:21 Lilian A. Moraru
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