Questions tagged [gparted]
GNOME's disk partition editor
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Unable to format micro SD card after using Raspberry Pi OS "Expand filesystem"
I'm having trouble formatting my 16GB micro SD card after using it with Raspberry Pi OS. I installed Raspberry Pi OS Lite on the micro SD card for Pi Zero 2 W. After installation I boot up Pi Zero 2 W ...
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GParted Live doesn't open my hard drive, yet it works in installed Ubuntu
Trying to update BIOS on my Lenovo laptop. The installer doesn't work on Yoga 9 14ITL5, so I've come to the option of DDRS. The drive is backed up with dd, so I'm ready to wipe it. The recovery fails ...
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How to resize a Linux partition?
I forgot to create a separate swap partition when I installed Linux Mint on machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: Vivobook Go E1504FA_E1504FA v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
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Cannot resize partition in Gparted
I'm trying to resize my disk in VirtualBox from 40gb to 100 GB, the issue here is that there's the linux-swap partition in the middle (see image attached) and it does not let me reallocate the 50 GB ...
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How to copy partitions and structure from one drive to another drive?
I have a dual boot setup and recently got a new SSD and I wanted to transfer my Windows partition to the new drive.
The drive looks like this:
Disk /dev/nvme1n1: 476.94 GiB, 512110190592 bytes, ...
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How to unfreeze an SSD using GParted live?
I have an asus laptop which I wanna sell. Before selling it I want to run the secure-erase function using grparted live cd. But the ssd state is frozen and no hdparm command succeeds on this ssd. I ...
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Gparted doesn't let me extend partition?
My disk looks as follows:
/dev/sdc1 * 2048 499711 497664 243M 83 Linux
/dev/sdc2 501758 234440703 233938946 111,6G 5 Extended
/dev/sdc5 501760 234440703 233938944 111,6G 8e ...
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USB stick damaged during a blackout
I was copying some files to a USB stick, the process would have taken 1 hour or so but a few minutes later after the process started I had a blackout, and when the power got restored I could not mount ...
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FreeBSD install using shell and partition by hand
I'm trying to install FreeBSD 14 using ZFS, but I do not want to use the full disk so I am using the Shell option. I was following these instructions.
A. Boot FreeBSD install DVD or USB Memstick
B. ...
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Why is GParted distributed as an ISO image? Is it to accommodate Linux needs as well as Windows needs?
I have a question about GParted (GNOME Partition Editor) being distributed as an ISO image. Can anyone explain why it is provided in this format?
Is the purpose to allow users to boot from this Debian-...
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Add new disk partition as first
I have a 1000GB disk (/dev/sbd) containing 1 single partition (/dev/sbd1) which is 60% full.
I would like to create a new small partition (some GB) before this one. So, the old partition would become /...
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Why DOS/MBR boot sector appears to 1mb unallocated space
/dev/sda has linux system (SSD) (sda1-->mb fat) (sda2 linux ext4)
/dev/sdb1 is the tmp folder (ext4 SSD) (10gb unallocated for some
reason). All other disks have data and formated as ext4
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Gparted doesn't allow adding free space to partition at end of table
I've dual booted my Ubuntu 22.04 system with a Windows 10. I alloted 100GB initially, but that turned out to be just slightly less than I thought I needed. Now I'm trying to increase the size of my ...
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Move unallocated space into extended partition to expand primary partition
Is there any way in Ubuntu to extend the /dev/sda2 partition according to the screenshot?
I can only extend LVM, GParted doesn't allow moving unallocated space behind the /dev/sda2 partition. Thank ...
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Is it safe to move Windows system partitions with gparted
My disk has the following partitions structure:
old windows recovery partition
EFI
main windows system partition
new Windows recovery partition
free space
I'd like to extend the main partition to ...
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