On Ubuntu / Linux, after running ntfsresize, must you run fdisk? Instead, can...
GParted cannot shrink the partition since it says there are 5 bad sectors that are hardware related. (Scan disk on Windows XP can't fix them). So, after booting up the GParted disc, I used the...
View ArticlePartition formatted with mkfs.ntfs not detected in Windows XP
In my Slackware 13.1 distro I create a partition using fdisk and setting the type to NTFS/HPFS and then I format it using mkfs.ntfs without any additional parameters. However, when I can't open that...
View ArticleNTFS partition broke: Won't mount in Linux & Windows won't boot
When I try to mount my NTFS partition containing windows in Linux, I get this: ~$ sudo mount -a ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup: magic: 0x61227b5b size: 4096 usa_ofs: 24420 usa_count: 25965: Ongeldig...
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After ntfsresize (ntfs resize), what is the exact line to type in for fdisk?
I was told that after ntfsresize (ntfs resize), the fdisk command needs to be run... But how can it be run? What is the exact line? In a book Knoppix Hacks, it seems to suggest needing some parameter...
View ArticleShrink EXT3 and Expand NTFS
I have a partition table that looks like this: [root@tower ~]# fdisk /dev/sda WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to switch off the mode (command 'c') and change...
View ArticleCorrectly shrink NTFS and Resize partition using linux
I am trying to resize a 160GB disk to fit on a 80GB disk, I have tried 3 times to shrink my NTFS and resize the partition. Im using backtrack as a live CD to do this, I use ntfsresize to the...
View ArticleNTFS partition mount but doesn't show any files
The partition was bootable, but it's not anymore. I booted with an ubuntu live CD. "fdisk /dev/sda3 -l" shows this: Disk /dev/sda3: 626.4 GB, 626396585984 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 76155...
View ArticleHow to create a partition table on a drive with a file system occupying the...
I have a 4TB hard drive /dev/sdb, which has a formatted NTFS filesystem occupying the whole drive. It apparently has no partition table of any kind, or if it does, it is out of date or corrupted....
View ArticleHow do I format an NTFS drive on CentOS 7 so that I can also use it in Windows?
We have a LIDAR system that collects data in the field. The computers that process the raw data are Windows computers so we use NTFS. However, the LIDAR system itself runs CentOS 7. Normally this is...
View ArticleHow to create and format a partition using a bash script?
Is there any way to create and format a partition using a bash script? I think it can be done with fdisk but I don't know how to feed commands from the bash script into the fdisk shell then exit the...
View Articlegpart result - could harddisk start failing
A while ago the Windows7 main partition on my notebook's 500 GB harddisk got corrupted.Already did data recovery with testdisk v7.2WIP - it reported no issues reading sda2.Now I tried gpart, and the...
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