[GRLUG] backup/restore & changing partition size

[Philip Robar]

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Jeff DeFouw <jeffd at i2k.com> wrote:

>
> I've used ntfsresize on Linux (part of ntfsprogs) to grow an NTFS
> filesystem into a larger partition on a replacement hard disk.  It also
> does shrinking.  Some of the GUI partition tools use ntfsresize.  After
> you shrink it, you can use the low level backup/restore tools.


gparted <http://gparted.sourceforge.net/> puts a nice GUI on top of
ntfsresize. You can down a live CD image from their site or run it from a
Linux installtion.

Phil
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