[Techtalk] partitioning under linux

[Billie Walsh]

Just my opinion but, whenever I've wanted to resize a Windows partition 
I've always done it in Windows. My theory is that Windows knows how to 
deal with moving it's own files better than another OS. I can't say that 
my theory is correct but I've never had an issue doing it that way. And, 
definitely defrag first.

Having said that I have a few times let the install script resize on the 
fly during an install and never had a problem either.

Not saying that the very next time I do it it won't totally bork the 
system. Maybe I've just been lucky so far. *<]:oD

On 02/03/2013 03:27 PM, Miriam English wrote:
> I've had an easy time of manipulating lots of drive partitions with 
> gparted. It is easy and intuitive.
>
> A word of warning: back everything up. I've never lost anything with 
> gparted, but when fiddling with partitions the risk is always there.
>
> I know you didn't specifically say you wanted to resize a Windows 
> partition, but if at any point you decide to then do defragment it 
> first and be aware that XP and Windows7 seem to stick some system 
> stuff in the middle of the disk address space which risks getting 
> clobbered. Be conservative in your Windows changes.
>
> Using gparted to resize, move, delete, create Linux partitions, swap 
> partitions, and any of several other format partitions is very simple 
> and easy.
>
> Note that if you want to use solid-state flash-memory drives (such as 
> SD cards, thumbdrives, etc) then be aware that you need to be careful 
> of several quirks of that hardware so that whatever partitioning and 
> formating program you use doesn't radically shorten the drive's life.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> - Miriam
>
>
> Gnat Alie wrote:
>> I have heard that gparted is the best program for partitioning under 
>> linux.
>> I'm using Fedora 18 KDE. Is there a better option or is gparted the 
>> best?
>> It looks nice. I want to delete and resize and possibly move & create
>> partitions.
>>
>> If I delete my swap space, can I then re-create the swap space? If 
>> so, will
>> it be last in the partition table? My problem is I think windows on my
>> tri-booted mac machine wants to boot from partition 4 and it's 
>> currently on
>> partition 5 (and my swap is in the 4th spot).
>>
>> I'd also like to resize my swap and linux partitions.
>>
>> Thanks.
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