Resizing a partition

[majidkamali1370]

Hi.
I want to resize one of my partitions with norton partition magic.
When I want to resize it, partition magic shows an error.

Details:
Error #1529
Information mismatch in directory entry
A file attribute stored in a file record is different from the attribute stored in its directory entry.

How can I solve this problem?
Thanks :-)

[cran]

Get Knoppix and use gparted from a jump drive... Well, that works for me...

No, uh, is there a check for errors option? Try that.

.. hmm, also:

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/powerquest.nsf/6c360f88152ecfce88256e91005066ac/e6223d1630e8ad8388256e8d006a841e?OpenDocument&prod=Norton%20PartitionMagic&ver=8.x&src=sg&pcode=npmagic&svy=&csm=no

[majidkamali1370]

I use windows XP, Does knoppix works for it?

[cran]

I boot from the drive, I don't think it's a good idea to repartition while in the middle of using the drive. Makes things easier.

[meganewbie]

Try gnomes gparted live http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

works like a charm

[iw0XoG1T]

Just a warning, make sure you are backed up. I once lost an operating system partitioning with gparted. Not that it was gparted's fault--I did not read the README file.

[meganewbie]

chwsks is 110% correct

BACK IT UP!!

Doesnt matter what utility you use(or what your doing) ALWAYS back up your data

All I can say is that out of all the tools ive used gparted always saved the day

[chrisname]

gParted is an excellent partitioning program. Shame it doesn't have fdisk's "fix" command to fix partition ordering, so I have to use both sometimes.

[zb0S216C]

Why not use Windows XP's partitioning program? I've used it before, myself.
http://www.theeldergeek.com/hard_drives.htm

[chrisname]

It's nowhere near as powerful as gParted. It's a reasonable partitioner but it's not really in the same league as gParted.