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On Wed, 23 Nov 2011, Jack Oley wrote:
Gordon, Thanks for the reply. I got the impression that any boot problems might be with the Linux partition as the Window's is only being reduced; is this the case? And will replacing the GRUB sort any Windows boot problem? Thanks.
Huh? I haven't replied to this thread that I'm aware of. I can give you my personal views on resizing which is basically "don't". And about using GRUB too (again, "don't") my but own views aren't really helpful here.
Gordon
Jack.
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:52:48 +0000
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Subject: Re: [LUG] Resizing partitions.
On 22/11/11 16:24, Jack Oley wrote:
Hi all. I wish to reduce my Windows partition and expand my
Ubuntu (11.04) partition. I've tried using GParted (live cd)
and with its user-friendly GUI, things look to be very
straightforward. I can shrink the Windows partition and expand
the extended partition which contains the Ubuntu, but when I go
to complete the process, I get an advisory which says moving the
start sector may result in the PC failing to boot. So, I am
very reluctant to go ahead just in case. Will it be ok? Do I
have to move the Ubuntu section over to the left of the newly
resized extended partition? Is there anything I can do to
ensure it will boot..? Many thanks for any advice or guidance.
Jack.
You really should make a backup just in case. I have found
that Windows does fail to boot when you resize a Windows partition
so be prepared for that.
The process I have had to follow in the past is to use a Windows
Recovery CD (which will remove GRUB if successful) and then use a
Live CD to get GRUB back. You might want to look online on how to
do that but it is pretty straight forward.
Gibbs
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