GParted is a free partition editor for graphically managing your disk partitions
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Partitioning on GPARTED
I have tried over and over to partition my hard disk in a way so that every time I have to reinstall ubuntu, I wouldnt have to copy my data to an external device. I have followed all the possible ...
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I deleted swap partition, what more I should do?
Well I deleted my swap partition using gparted just because I needed one more primary partition and the swap was the 4th, that is the maximum number of primary partitions. I think I don't need it ...
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How to shrink Ubuntu LVM logical and physical volumes?
I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 as the only OS on my system.
I told Ubuntu to overwrite everything as I was in a hurry, hence I only have the two partitions Ubuntu creates, the Boot Partition of a ...
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Changed flash drive's mount point, now I can't mount anything
I used GParted to change my flash drive's label to AdamDrive, so that it mounted to /media/adam/ADAMDRIVE instead of /media/adam/980B-F3AC. I re-mounted it and it worked fine. Then I unplugged it, ...
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How to use GParted to resize Ubuntu 12.04 LTS? Confused which is what!
I use Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and I have downloaded GParted to resize my partition space.
Now, quite simply, I have stopped using WinXP, and I want to shrink that space and increase the space of Ubuntu.
I ...
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Why can't I Resize/Move in GParted?
I have a 12.04 LTS system running on my PC with a 320 GB hard drive.
Unfortunately, I need to use Windows 7 in my lab. I tried doing this using a virtual machine (VirtualBox and VMware) but it was ...
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Unable to Merge Win7 Partition with Unallocated Space Released from Xubuntu
Please see the current partitions in Gparted below [edit - I wasn't allowed to post an image, I just posted the output of fdisk -l], I have moved & resized my Xubuntu partition in order to ...
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How can I get rid of 1mb of unallocated space at the end of this table? (Gparted - see screenshot)
I can't seem to find a way to extend or move this 1mb, but it's really bugging me.
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Cannot increase Ubuntu partition with GParted. Maximum size
Before I started this, I went into Windows 8 and reduced it's size to allow roughly 10GB of unallocated data. I want to increase Ubuntu 12.10's partition to fill that void.
I ran Ubuntu (Trial) from ...
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Does Gparted do a True Bit by Bit partition copy
I know this isn't ubuntu specific but since it's linux I was hoping somebody here could answer this question, since I used the 6 questions a day limit on superuser.
Does gparted do a true partition ...
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Partitions unlocked from Unity launcher show up again after starting gparted
I'm on Ubuntu 12.10 and dual boot. I have put the Windows partitions to the launcher blacklist so that they won't show up there (via "unlock from launcher" option). These partitions will then appear ...
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PC is not detecting any boot drive. How to fix this?
I used gparted to shrink the swap space and add it to the drive that had Ubuntu installed in it from Live boot. After doing so, I restarted the computer and then found a black screen saying just this:
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Nautilus doesn't see free space but GParted does
I've recently moved my system partition in order to install some Windows and now Nautilus reports 0 free space at /home partition (and the total size seems to be incorrect as well)
but there are 17 ...
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Will converting my first partition to EXT4 make me lose boot info?
I recently switched from Windows to Lubuntu as my sole OS.
My filesystem now has a NTFS partition with all my data (which I now would like to convert to EXT4), a EXT4 partition with Lubuntu on it and ...
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How can I assign space from a logical partition to a primary one (to resize the primary)
I have the following situation:
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I want to resize the ntfs partition. Specifically I want to add it 15 GB.
What is the best sequence of steps to do?
The output from sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda and ...
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Why am I unable to do anything with my extended partition?
I have an extended 52-gigs partition that I can't seem to see from Linux, I can't mount it, delete it nor format it. How can I reclaim that drive back, I want the space.
I manually installed my ...
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Daemon is inhibited
i'm having 2047 badblocks in my HDD, and to remove them i'v to make all hdd as ext3 drive and currently my whole hdd is unallocated(free space)...but while creating ext3 partition using Disk utility, ...
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Why cannot install Lubuntu 12.10 on an extended partition?
This is about an older computer (Toshiba Satellite M70 that a friend wants to keep afloat) on which (beside Win XP) was installed the Xubuntu 11.10 system that would not work for some reason: now the ...
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Can I change file systems inside of partitions within GParted?
I'm looking to share documents, pictures, etc. between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04.1. I have an extended primary partition (sda4) that is comprised of a swap partition (sda5) and a "/home" mount point ...
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GParted - Increase ext4 partition using unallocated space [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I resize my current ubuntu partition?
Making A Partition with Gparted - Unmount?
This is a screenshot of my partitions. I want to extend the /dev/sda5 partition ...
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GParted taking forever
I'm trying to install ubuntu 12.10 from DVD. Every time I try, I get an I/O error. I've tried replacing the RAM, with no change.
I decided I'd try to create a clean HD by booting into liveCD and then ...
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Formatting HDD and USB-stick results in broken “unknown” file system
I am trying to format a new hard disk (and a USB-stick) using GParted. After successfully formatting the drive (to ext2, ext4, ntfs, fat16, whatever), GParted tries to reload the partition data and ...
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Difficulty mounting Ubuntu 12.10 (64-bit) on new HDD
To the gentle membership of the Ubuntu Linux Forum:
After my laptop passed away a few weeks ago, I made up my mind to build n open source system. So I put together a computer for this purpose. I have ...
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How do I resolve short read problems with my filesystem?
I want to shrink partition from this:
To this:
As you see, I booted from Live CD and used GParted. When I apply the changes, it works some time and then fail with message:
resize2fs: Attempt to ...
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Is there a command line tool to shrink partition size?
I have searched around and found this page. But is GUi tool.
IS there a command line tool I can use to shrink one of my partition size
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 ...
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Gparted Partition editor not working
I had Windows and installed Ubuntu 12.10 alongside Windows.
I want to allocate suitable disk space to Ubuntu. I installed the Gparted Parition Editor from the Software Center.
My problem is: It ...
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How do I become root on Ubuntu 12.04?
I installed gparted to use for partitioning my hard drive so ubuntu is my only os but when I tried to run gparted, it told me that i have to be root but i am root as far as i know how do i know for ...
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How to recover flash drive lost after formatting with GParted?
I was just copying audio files into my 2GB USB mp3 player, then i had a problem saying that it could not copy files into the drive any more, i tried removing it and trying again, but it didn't work, ...
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What does “Gtk-ERROR **: GTK+ 2.x symbols detected.” mean?
When starting gparted, it crashes with the error:
Gtk-ERROR **: GTK+ 2.x symbols detected.
Using GTK+ 2.x and GTK+ 3 in the same process is not supported
I already opened LP bug #1094354 for this.
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Filesystem locks up (read-only) after HDD -> SSD clone, no sudo access, no applications
I recently cloned my old HDD to a new smaller SSD and something must have gone wrong. Windows 7 works absolutely fine, but Ubuntu 12.04 has issues - at first, it works normally, but after only a ...
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apt problems: can't install GParted on Ubuntu 11.04
I'm trying to install GParted on my Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install gparted
but I'm getting the following output:
root@adam-desktop:/home/adam# sudo apt-get install gparted
Reading package lists... ...
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Cannot change partition using live CD and GParted
I want to install on an old Fuijitsu Laptop Ubuntu side by side with windows, but when trying to install it doesnt show me the option to install side by side. When using GPARTED in a live session the ...
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Installing Ubuntu: Dual-boot repartition exisiting Windows 7
I have been using Ubuntu for 5 years now and had no problem with dual-booting with Windows XP.
I got a new laptop with preinstalled Windows 7 partitions. The problem is that although there are plenty ...
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/dev/sda2 contains a filesystem with error after partitioning (updated)
I just wanted to create a separate home partition on my Ubuntu 12.10 system. I booted the liveDVD, resized the sda2 partition (28gb of data resized to 30gb based on MiB [originally on a 100gb ...
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How to modify partitions after install?
I wanted to have Ubuntu with full disk encryption on one big partition, and Windows on a small one. In 12.04, only the Server Edition installer has full disk encryption, so I used that and then ...
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What are the implications of two drives being extended in gparted?
The above is the configuration of my partitioning system in gparted. Windows is on sda1. Ubuntu is on sda6. I want to use unetbootin to install another Linux on sda5.
My question is: Why are sda5 ...
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GPT partition table problem: Windows 7 and Ubuntu dual boot
I hope you guys will help me get through this situation I have gotten myself into.
I bought a new samsung ultra book running windows 8. I knew going into the purchase that I wanted to ditch windows ...
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can't resize lvm-p2 boot partition, even from live cd
I've got a MacBook Pro (late 2011). I just bought a 1TB HDD to replace the original 500GB. My plan was to partition the 1TB in half and let one side be Ubuntu and the other OS X (until I can ...
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Which filesystem should I use?
I recently formatted my drive and now it appears as unallocated space in gparted. I want to use the drive for all my files, steam and game installation, to keep my SSD as empty as possible. What ...
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how to modify size of swap with a lvm partition?
I'm trying to add/modify a swap partition on my LVM-formatted hard disk by using GParted from a LiveCD. I only see one big partition taking up the whole disk.
Is there a hidden swap?
Does an ...
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Wrong partitions in one USB HDD enclosure, good in another
1) My old HDD (in USB3 enclosure) is on the verge of failing so I bought a new one (almost exactly the same 1TB WD) with a separate enclosure (they only had USB2, so it's USB2, slow).
2) I partitioned ...
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Unable to install software through Ubuntu Sotware Centre on Ubuntu 9.10 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install software or upgrade from old unsupported release?
I tried to install gparted through USC and an error showed up "installArchive()failed:". Trying to ...
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Error in Using Gparted to add Unallocated space
I'm trying to Add Unallocated space to my Ubuntu partition which is inside an extended partition. i get this error:
GParted 0.12.1 --enable-libparted-dmraid
Libparted 2.3
Move /dev/sda3 to the left ...
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Error on attempting to move and shrink an Ubuntu partition using GParted
I like to add the unallocated space to the NTFS /dev/sda2 partition. However I get following error when I move /dev/sda3 to the right, so that unallocated space can be added to /dev/sda2.
I am dual ...
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GParted is stuck on “shrink file system” (hfs+)
I'm trying to install ubuntu 12.10 on am mac book pro 8.2 as a dual boot.
After disabling journaling on the mac hfs+ partition, I booted from the ubuntu mac cd and started gparted. There, I resized ...
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How can i use the unused space in my HDD and restore it back to original form ?? does Gparted tool help?
I installed a couple of Ubuntu versions previously only to be deleted or unused leaving the allocated space they used haunted.Using a tool like GParted how can I merge all those pieces into my ...
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Expand/extend disk space in Ubuntu 10.04 in VMware ESX
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 in an VMware ESX environment, and I need to add disk space to the primary partition.
I added the disk space in ESX, and the Ubuntu VM sees it as unallocated space. When I ...
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Resizing my ubuntu ext4 partition [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Resize partition with GParted
I want to resize my ubuntu sda5 partition (basically merge it with the unallocated 87 GB space). but the Resize/move option for sda5 is not ...
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Recover partition after GParted resizing interrupted by unexpected shutdown
As I was resizing my partitions using GParted, my laptop battery ran out, and the process was interrupted.
Now, I am unable to mount the partition which I was trying to resize. I get the following ...
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Can't format / delete locked partition from gparted?
I can't format my hard disk for Ubuntu installation. It has Fedora installed in it. I wonder how to unlock the locked partition to delete and format it, since I am stuck at installing Ubuntu. I am now ...
