What about the bootable gparted or running it from a Ubuntu live cd? That's what I used to resize all my partitions after migrating them between disks on different laptops. I've had good luck thus far.
David On 2013-08-04, at 7:07 PM, Ted Cabeen <t...@cabeen.org> wrote: > Have you tried one of the alternate fdisk programs? I usually use > cfdisk rather than fdisk. > > However, fdisk in expert mode should let you do almost anything. > > Once you have the data copied, and the partition resized, you should be > able to just run ntfsresize off of any current System Rescue CD to do > the resize. > > If you need to do a drive realignment, the hard drive vendor usually > prints a URL containing the realignment software on every advanced > format drive they sell. > > --Ted > > On 8/4/2013 1:52 PM, Matt Lawrence wrote: >> I admit that I'm a Unix/Linux kind of guy, so I could use some help here. >> >> I have a WinXP system that only get used to deal with my iPhone that I >> am trying to upgrade the hard drive in. The box (mini-ITX) only has >> room for a single notebook drive, but I can connect 2 drives with the >> cover off. I am trying to migrate from a 100GB drive to a 1TB drive and >> I've had problems with everything I have tried. >> >> The main issue that I seem to be having is that th 1TB drive uses larger >> physical sectors (probably 4K) and Linux fdisk refuses to create >> partitions with a starting sector less than 2048 instead of the old >> standard of 63 that the 100GB drive has. >> >> I suucessfully used Clonezilla to copy from the smaller to the larger, >> but I haven't been able to increase the partition size or move the >> starting sector. >> >> I have tried to use Parted Magic on the Ultimate Boot CD, but the X >> interface doesn't support my USB mouse. Dropping to a text console, I >> can run Clonezilla, but I can't relocate or resize the partition from >> there. >> >> Following instructions I found online to migrate using some of the EASUS >> tools also fails completely, I've never gotten o bootable system. >> >> I really don't want to do a reinstall and try to migrate things over, >> there's just too much magic involved in Windows software for me to have >> any confidence. >> >> Suggestions? Dumping my iPhone and going to Android isn't practical yet. >> >> -- Matt >> It's not what I know that counts. >> It's what I can remember in time to use. >> _______________________________________________ >> Tech mailing list >> Tech@lists.lopsa.org >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
