Shrinking Partition problem

first of all im running 7229

ok my 1st problem is my computer is only letting me shrink a partition to 13 gbs when theres 109gbs free

my second problem im trying two install a second operating system but it keeps showing


[ 2.436018 ] ata1; softreset failed device not ready

[ 3.084018 ] ata2; softreset failed device not ready

what does that mean?

Sounds like your HDD is having issues.

Gilly said:

first of all im running 7229

ok my 1st problem is my computer is only letting me shrink a partition to 13 gbs when theres 109gbs free what are you using to try and shrink it? are you trying to shrink the OS partition?

my second problem im trying two install a second operating system but it keeps showing


[ 2.436018 ] ata1; softreset failed device not ready Device not ready means the dvd has a problem (maybe reading the dvd disk)

[ 3.084018 ] ata2; softreset failed device not ready same

what does that mean?

hope this helps and could you tell me some more abt your computer and what you are trying to do

Ken

trying to install ubuntu alongside windows 7


can i do out to fix the hard disk?

xendrome said:

Sounds like your HDD is having issues.

any solution to this

ive just reinstall windows 7 thinking that was the problem

what a waste of time

andythecurefan said:

edit the title of the original post so that it could get the attention needed. "trouble shrinking partitions" or something

thats not really the main problem though

Gilly said:

thats not really the main problem though

Are you sure it will only let you shrink it that much, or is that the amount it gives you as a suggestion? Try acronis disk director if you can 'obtain' it somehow, it always works for me.

Gilly said:

thats not really the main problem though

Ok how abt we start this again

You have a HD, it has win 7 on it and you are trying to shrink the volume so you can run ubuntu right?

1-ubuntu portable will run inside a win 7 window. that owuld save you the grief.

2- if not what are you using to try and shrink the partition?

anything else you want to do ?

Ken

Hi Gilly,

Don't think there's anything wrong with your HD.

Appears to be some kind of incompatibility/bug between the Ubuntu installer and Sata controller.

You really need a Linux Forum.

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