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Title: Is there a way to resize an existing partition?
Post by: bluaki on December 21, 2007, 10:29:35 AM
...without deleting the contents of the partition and without paying money for a program? Also, without using Gparted?

I've tried downloading a few programs and trials and stuff but they can't do anything without being paid for. I downloaded gparted LiveCD but it gives me display driver errors when I try to boot it.

I have a 80GB drive which is split approx. into a 50GB partition that I'm currently using and a 30GB partition of Ubuntu that I want to delete because it can't boot (gives errors because some spyware scanning program screwed up half the files)

On an unrelated note, is there any difference between RAM chips of the same memory size, same interface type (PC3200), and different brand? It's kind of odd that I can find a 1GB chip for $50 one place and a very similar one for $120 elsewhere.

I probably ask for a bit too much help here. Oh well edumacate;
Title: Re: Is there a way to resize an existing partition?
Post by: Title27GT on December 21, 2007, 10:39:49 AM
Some RAM chips are more reliable (ex. Crucial, Apple) and are less likely to cause your system to crash or cause a Kernel Panic. Third-party RAM is more likely to give you problems and is therefore less expensive.

As far as downloading a program, you can download Disk Director here which will recover/remove/manage any partitions on your computer:

http://btjunkie.org/torrent/Acronis-Disk-Director-Suite-10-build-2160-Incl-Crack/43332b1fab255603a0918b5034cde07fc4e1c5ae2376
Title: Re: Is there a way to resize an existing partition?
Post by: Feynman on December 21, 2007, 01:31:19 PM
Partition Magic works great, but it's not free. And why the hell don't you want to use GParted, anyway?
Title: Re: Is there a way to resize an existing partition?
Post by: Zeta on December 21, 2007, 01:33:11 PM
Quote from: Title on December 21, 2007, 10:39:49 AM
. Third-party RAM is more likely to give you problems and is therefore less expensive.


Kay so where are the Corsair, Patriot, ect computers?
Title: Re: Is there a way to resize an existing partition?
Post by: guff on December 21, 2007, 01:54:21 PM
Quote from: Bassir C on December 21, 2007, 01:31:19 PM
And why the hell don't you want to use GParted, anyway?
Quote from: bluaki on December 21, 2007, 10:29:35 AM
...it gives me display driver errors when I try to boot it.

but anyways uh just use gparted
Title: Re: Is there a way to resize an existing partition?
Post by: Feynman on December 21, 2007, 02:08:10 PM
Quote from: Commodore Guff on December 21, 2007, 01:54:21 PM
but anyways uh just use gparted


Then she should just get help with GParted rather than searching for another partition application.
Title: Re: Is there a way to resize an existing partition?
Post by: The artist formally known on December 21, 2007, 03:27:58 PM
I did that once and fucked everything up.

I'd just get a new hard drive and reformat the old one and restart because I'm lazy
Title: Re: Is there a way to resize an existing partition?
Post by: guff on December 21, 2007, 03:58:43 PM
Quote from: Bassir C on December 21, 2007, 02:08:10 PM
Then she should just get help with GParted rather than searching for another partition application.
from what she's said it would seem that the problem's just with the livecd, not gparted

i would recommend just using, say, an ubuntu livecd which also includes gparted and apparently it would work on her system given that she had urbangtoo installed at some point
or wait maybe she did that silly windows install thing dunno
Title: Re: Is there a way to resize an existing partition?
Post by: Feynman on December 21, 2007, 05:55:59 PM
Quote from: Commodore Guff on December 21, 2007, 03:58:43 PM
from what she's said it would seem that the problem's just with the livecd, not gparted

i would recommend just using, say, an ubuntu livecd which also includes gparted and apparently it would work on her system given that she had urbangtoo installed at some point
or wait maybe she did that silly windows install thing dunno


or the system resque cd or knoppix or whatever