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Live CD's for partitioning
Can any one recomend a good live bootable CD that supports drive partitioning?
I have an issue where i need to expend the first partition on a disk under windows 2008, it means i need to mode the second and third partition up in to free space so I can extend the first but windows does not allow it. Tried a few bootable CD but they did not support NTFS fully. I could hack one together but thought this would be a good thread to get some feed back on some of the best live bootable CD with utilities for windows out there.
Any one have any favourites?
I have an issue where i need to expend the first partition on a disk under windows 2008, it means i need to mode the second and third partition up in to free space so I can extend the first but windows does not allow it. Tried a few bootable CD but they did not support NTFS fully. I could hack one together but thought this would be a good thread to get some feed back on some of the best live bootable CD with utilities for windows out there.
Any one have any favourites?
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OptionsBlackBeret Member Posts: 683 ■■■■■□□□□□As far as I know any Linux live CD will work. Just get familiar with fdisk.
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OptionsMow Member Posts: 445 ■■■■□□□□□□I haven't used it in a while, but Hiren's Boot CD used to have disk sizing utilities.
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Optionsalan2308 Member Posts: 1,854 ■■■■■■■■□□I just did exactly that on a Server 2008 box recently with gParted. It worked like a charm.
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OptionsNode Man Member Posts: 668 ■■■□□□□□□□Gparted comes standard on the usb bootable distro Slitaz.
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OptionsDevilWAH Member Posts: 2,997 ■■■■■■■■□□Gparted would not read the partitions correctly, and I did not have internet access at the time. I will look up the others you have suggested.
- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. Albert Einstein
- An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. So when life is dragging you back with difficulties. It means that its going to launch you into something great. So just focus and keep aiming.
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