From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 15 22:10:22 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 798CC16A4D0 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:10:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from o2.hostbaby.com (o2.hostbaby.com [208.187.29.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D77BE43D41 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:10:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ceo@l-i-e.com) Received: (qmail 7932 invoked by uid 1001); 15 Sep 2004 22:10:07 -0000 Received: from 66.243.5.202 (SquirrelMail authenticated user ceo@l-i-e.com); by www.l-i-e.com with HTTP; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:10:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <33559.66.243.5.202.1095286207.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> In-Reply-To: <3DEC1E4C-06D7-11D9-AF41-000A95BE58A4@tf7.so-net.ne.jp> References: <20040915035821.26392.qmail@web88112.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <3DEC1E4C-06D7-11D9-AF41-000A95BE58A4@tf7.so-net.ne.jp> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:10:07 -0700 (PDT) From: "Richard Lynch" To: "Choy Kho Yee" User-Agent: Hostbaby Webmail X-Mailer: Hostbaby Webmail MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2.1 hangs solved and now find a way to split the ntfs hard drive. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: ceo@l-i-e.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:10:22 -0000 Choy Kho Yee wrote: > On 2004/09/15, at 12:58, esmaeel pashapouri wrote: > >> Now as in subject line, have to figure a way to split >> the hard drive which short sitedly by the hp was >> patitioned in 1 big chunk and formated in ntfs >> format. >> According to freebsd docs I am out of lock for now, >> unless to use comercial programs. >> If any one know of any other way i'll be glad to hear >> from them. > > I heard that some linux live-cds have the utility to resize NTFS > partitions on them. > I can't provide further information as I have never used them before. > Perhaps you could check them out. A quick Google yields these two: http://www.sysresccd.org/ http://overclockix.octeams.com I have used the first one. It worked. It was awesome. One thing though: BE PATIENT!!! While it's trying to re-size the partition, it sits there for a LONG time doing "nothing" at the end of the process, and your mouse and keyboard are frozen. Do *NOT* re-boot. *WAIT*. BE PATIENT. It will *eventually* finish, and you'll be happy. If you re-boot in the middle of it re-partitioning, you will not be happy. Pre-requisite: You'll want to defrag the drive under windows first. You should be able to poke around in the Control Panel/Admin/System areas and get a visual display of where Windows has all its files. You want to see a big chunk of white space on the right hand side, with NOTHING but white on the right. Sometimes Windows put "hidden" "un-movable" files at the end of the disk. You have to go into DOS and change their attributes and get them moved by defrag before you can re-partition. -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm