[mythtv-users] IOBOUND but no DMA errors (NTFS-3G)

Yann Lehmann aristide at tiscali.ch
Tue Jun 12 18:44:29 UTC 2007


Steve Smith wrote:
> 
> Hmmm how to convert that NTFS to ext3 without a spare drive and not 
> losing the 90Gig of data hmmm.
> 

By shrinking your ntfs partition first, creating an another one (ext3, xfs, 
or whatever you need) on the now free space, moving some files from ntfs to 
the new partition. Make this several times until all the remaining files on 
the ntfs partition have enough space on the new one.

I have once shrinked a ntfs partition with a gparted bootable cd. It took 
time, but it worked like a charm (actually, it took me twice the time, as I 
created the new partition on the beginning of the disk, what would prevent 
Windows from booting, and had to move the free space to the end of the disk).

But if the Files on the ntfs partition are valuable to you, I wouldn't touch 
it without backup, and a another harddisk might be the best solution (eihter 
for moving the files of for backup).

Yann



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