Software to Resize Partition on Win XP

[ebrke]

I need to re-size the windows partition on old win XP laptop prior to openSuSE install. Any suggestions on reliable and hopefully free software to do this?

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Gparted.

[crp]

gparted livecd or EaseUS Partition Manager

[ebrke]

Thanks, guys! Thought gparted was strictly linux based--then I saw the link for Live version on their page. I've got to get this openSuSE install done soon, but keep running out of time/energy at night.

Edited April 18, 2014 by ebrke

[zlim]

I just used Easeus Partition Manager to resize my XP partition two weeks ago. I was scared because I'm always afraid I'll end up with nothing. I made an image before I installed the software, just in case.

It worked out well and I have Windows 7 installed on the partition.

[abarbarian]

For some strange reason the Gparted and Partition Magic live cd's will not run on my set up. However the gparted included with anti-x live cd works just fine.

[Guest LilBambi]

I use gparted (gnome partitioned editor) almost always in Linux LiveCDs but they have great CD .iso and Live CD/USB/PXE versions too.

[ebrke]

Do you know I couldn't create a viable gparted live cd in win xp? Think the problem was in creating the cd. I finally went back to old linux machine, downloaded, checksummed and burned using cdrecord. I'll try the cd tomorrow--too late tonight, I'm not the night owl I used to be back in the day.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Elizabeth, most any old Ubuntu or Linux Mint live cd will have gparted on it for your use. Or, you can even download Porteus and boot it from a CD. It has gparted and many other useful apps included.

 

WinXP does not have native burning support for bootable .iso files. You'll need to install a 3rd party app like isorecorder ( http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm ) to burn a bootable disk in XP.

[Guest LilBambi]

Do you have Windows 7 Elizabeth as well as Windows XP? If so, you can burn .iso images using Windows Disk Image Burner

 

If not, Eric's link to ISO Recorder v 2 for Windows XP SP2 or SP3 - 32-bit or 64-bit.

Edited April 19, 2014 by LilBambi
commandline one has limitations so removed that part

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Alas, poor XPrick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite

jest, of most excellent fancy.

 

 

[ebrke]

Elizabeth, most any old Ubuntu or Linux Mint live cd will have gparted on it for your use. Or, you can even download Porteus and boot it from a CD. It has gparted and many other useful apps included.

 

WinXP does not have native burning support for bootable .iso files. You'll need to install a 3rd party app like isorecorder ( http://isorecorder.a...isorecorder.htm ) to burn a bootable disk in XP.

My problem was with the 3rd party app in XP--couldn't seem to make a bootable cd. Once I realized I could burn live gparted on my old linux machine because it didn't require a DVD, I was okay with cdrecord. Then when I still couldn't boot from the new cd on the XP laptop, I checked and found that at some point the optical drive had been moved below USB and HDD in the boot sequence and I had to fix that. Everything is finally buzzing along now with gparted shrinking the XP partition. I didn't bother with a backup first, since the XP install really has no value any more. If it's okay after resizing, fine, if not no big loss--all my mother's data is on her new win 7 laptop. Edited April 19, 2014 by ebrke

[ebrke]

Well, that didn't take too long. I came to check progress of gparted and everything was finished. On reboot, windows ran chkdsk, then when XP loaded windows adjusted system settings and asked for another restart, but XP now appears to be happy in a very much smaller partition. Now all I have to do is actually do the openSuSE install.

Edited April 19, 2014 by ebrke

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Ain't it great when everything just works?!

[Guest LilBambi]

Excellent! Great job!