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Step-by-step instructions to move unallocated space from left to right using GParted? [closed]
Please refer to the setup in the image linked in the last line of my post.
I just reduced my Windows Downloads partition space on /dev/nvme0n1p4 to the unallocated 420.63GB space on its right, ...
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Formating SSD corrupted something
I was about to format my old NTFS SSD used as a shared storage for a Manjaro and Win10 dual boot system to ext4, but I ran into some problems and something broke.
Currently, I am running Manjaro KDE ...
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Migrating one partition to SSD in a way that allows booting?
I've got a Windows Installation, with a partition table that looks like this:
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- --------...
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Can Gparted brick a drive?
I tried to delete a LUKS volume on an M.2 NVMe drive by rewriting the partition table in Gparted. It failed stating "the Linux kernel wouldn't recognize a change until I rebooted"... or something ...
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Is there a way to move Windows partition on the same drive?
I shrunk my Windows partition by ~30GB to make room for a Linux installation. At this point the 30GB of unallocated space was shown as one single block on Windows Disk Manager.
I installed ArchLinux, ...
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Shrink swap partition significantly on SSD (Linux)
I allocated a huge amount of swap space (127G) for a system with 128G ram. I want to reclaim most of that space and make it available to my Linux file system. This is what GParted currently looks like:...
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Samsung SSD: GParted can see, partition and format but Win7 won't initialize disk (CRC error)
I have a 240GB Samsung SSD830. Pulled from working PC. Up to date firmware.
On attaching to 2nd working PC, Win7 states disk must be initialized, but fails with CRC error when attempting to do so, ...
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Linux Mint installer can't properly detect partitions
I bought a new SSD HD and I successfully installed Windows 10; now I'd like to install Linux Mint with a bootable USB key.
During the Mint installation, when I attempt to create the partition here's ...
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Cloned old SSD to new, larger SSD - can't align partitions
I went from a 120GB SSD to a 480GB SSD, but because I dual-boot between Windows and Linux, I can't seem to get the new, unallocated space beside either of the partitions for an extension to happen.
I ...
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cloning SSD onto bigger SSD and resize - alignment or other low level stuff?
I have a Dell M4700, one 128GB mSata SSD, one HDD, 16 GB RAM, some i7 CPU. Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64, installed on SSD, HDD for storage and some big programs.
The Windows works fine, all programs ...
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Expanding 2 partitions with other partitions surrounding them
I am upgrading my Dell XPS 13 9333's SSD from 128gb to 512gb. I have been able to get all the stuff over to my new SSD (my old one is in a USB enclosure), but I cannot expand my Windows 10 (/dev/sda5) ...
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Replicating partitioning setup on a new SSD
I am trying to clone a failing SSD in my laptop to a new one. Because the current drive is failing, I was unable to use any of the standard Windows cloning software (Macrium, etc.) as they were ...
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What is this SSD in my laptop
I have a laptop running Kubuntu. This laptop comes with a 32GB SSD inside. Is it a drive that I may store any old files on it? If possible, I would like to put my operating system onto it so I may ...
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Missing SSD storage capacity
I recently cloned my windows installation to a new SSD, the partition on my old hard drive was 111 GB whereas my new SSD is 120 GB. I used paragon Paragon Migrate OS to SSD and told it to use the ...
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