Thread: Disk partioning problem

I have 4 partitions for windows xp, vista, and 2 dumps. i created a 14~ gb partition for installing ubuntu (i.e 1gb swap, and rem. 13 gb ubun.). after creating that space for linux another ~25gb partition was created and is unallocated. problem s that i cant move it to the extended partitions. am not able to create new partition in vista as well, it says 'there is not enough spce to complete this operation.' in gparted it works, ntfs, but as primary. I have attached a screenshot. Can this part. be moved or resized to existing extended partitions? (if yes, do i have to first delete 14gb part(for now its empty reserved for ubun 8.10)?)
Thanks.

Edit (just4kix): Removed attached image as per user request

Ok problem solved. i wanted to install ubuntu hardy heron, so i had gOS (a customised version of ubuntu) and the partition editor during install time showed me just a single part. ~40gb (actually in gparted live and in windows it was showing 2 parts. a free one in extended and an unallocated primary). Ok, since it showed single 40gb, i made a 27gb ntfs (G: in attached img) dump part. and made other 2 or gos from remaining 13gb, i.e. left 12gb to / and 1gb to swap. so, now i have xp, vista and gos, all 3 without any separate* unallocated partition and thus, my problem is solved.

But, actually some months back, i had ubuntu 8.04 installed some of those parts. and i just had removed ubuntu bootloder using vista fixmbr. but i didn't format those drives so ubuntu was still there. and later i installed gos, so i had many etries in bootloader with gos and ubuntu with multiple kernels. Since i wanted any 1 linux dist. and a dump windows part. i had to repeat the intallation. although the solution was simple, because of my mistake (not formatting previous ubuntu) i had 2 install twice. hope helps someone.

Good thing that your problem is fixed hope it may help me in future if i ever come across such a problem.

Hi,

I had a hard disk of 40 GB when I formatted my Hard Disk then it showed on 33GB. Then I installed Windows XP operating system then after 1-2 day my Hard Disk was not detecting and all the data were lost. Can someone please tell me how to recover my files.

Ashraf Imran

Personal details removed - just4kix

A 40GB disk should show as 37.253 GB in Windows.

When you formatted the disk, did you partition it? Also it is possible that the BIOS setup may not be indentifying the disk properly.

Originally Posted by hitesh.07

I have 4 partitions for windows xp, vista, and 2 dumps. i created a 14~ gb partition for installing ubuntu (i.e 1gb swap, and rem. 13 gb ubun.). after creating that space for linux another ~25gb partition was created and is unallocated. problem s that i cant move it to the extended partitions. am not able to create new partition in vista as well, it says 'there is not enough spce to complete this operation.' in gparted it works, ntfs, but as primary. I have attached a screenshot. Can this part. be moved or resized to existing extended partitions? (if yes, do i have to first delete 14gb part(for now its empty reserved for ubun 8.10)?)
Thanks.

Edit (just4kix): Removed attached image as per user request

well actually I haven't encounter that problem yet..but that give me the idea too on how to resolve it if ever happens..thanks for posting it here..