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Resizing Windows Partitions with GpartEd

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Uploaded by on Oct 27, 2006

A free bootable CD that allows you to shrink a Windows partition to allow you to load Linux on the drive. Three easy steps, Backup, Defrag, and Resize. I perform it all on a laptop to prepare for Ubuntu.

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  • thanks man, i needed a good explanation for this because i didnt want to lose windows xp.

    i subscribed :)

  • Thanks.

  • Yeah. The perfect excuse to go nuts with your theme music eh?

    Nah just kidding. I learned how to repartition a drive by crashing my whole computer barely a month or two out of the box while trying to install Red Hat 5.0 for the first time several years ago. Had I known about this type of stuff back then, things would've been different. =D

  • You got me! At least I haven't done a clip show yet! :D

  • Another awesome job as always my friend. Mind you, I knew this part, but still, it is a good reference to those who are new to it and those who perhaps use a slightly different method.

  • Thanks.

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  • Partition manager wizard is really a good thing, MiniTool partition manager wizard is a good choice for you. It is easy to use and it is efficient. Some editions are FREEEEE. Any of you who need it can have a try.

  • aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa im trying to get from D 20 gb of free space to C partition magic dose that well but dose not work on windows 7 why do I want to do this its stupid

  • Good job. Still relevant 3 years on.

  • @malikjunaid1

    yes brother just download the ubuntu .iso and burn it and boot it from your pc

  • Hi Thanks for the great video,

    Can I use an ubuntu Live CD to use gParted ??

  • guys... does it work with external usb hdd? :/ i got seagate FreeAgent Go 500gb and i cant do anything with it under Partition Magic 8. it says that partition type is: BAD... what can i do??

  • THEN WHAT SOFTWARE IS IT????? i need this song...

  • I tried it with a windows server 2003 install and while I didn't defrag, it was a very large drive so I thought I could get away with it. unfortunately, it boots into a BSOD. Any thoughts?

  • Is gparted limited to the 7 partitions (4 primary and 3 extended) of the old fdisk? Or can it do 32 as in Ranish Partition Magic?

    When a partition tool offers to "move the partition" is it transferring data or simply reproducing the same parameters (partition table etc.) in a different spot on the disk? If it moves everything, what's the difference between that and cloning? Aren't you glad you don't have to calculate the number of bytes and specify the cylinder head and sector number:)

  • I want to know that too! :D

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