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Resizing partitions? NTFS, FAT32, Linux, etc.

Friday, 06 October 2006 11:07

For the longest time, it was a pain in the butt to resize a partition. There have been all sorts of tools to do it. Many of them only supporting certain partition types... and commerical.

Here are some utils when it comes to resizing a partition without losing your data. (non-destructive)

Web Resources
Partitioning with FIPS
Gnome Partition Editor
The Ntfsresize Frequently Asked Questions
GParted LiveCD
NTFS resizing FAQ.

Last Updated on Friday, 06 October 2006 11:11