Solved Unable to resize partitions.

[townsbg]

I have a very old computer running Windows 2003 and I am trying to resize the partition because I found ~16 gb of allocated space. I have tried installing 3 software tools including Mintool partition wizard and easus but they won't function since it is a server version of windows. I put gpartd on a USB drive but I can't get the computer to boot into it. It happens so fast and then proceeds to boot into Windows that I can't tell if there is an error message. I might try filming it to see if there is one. There is a boot to USB option so I know it has the capability. On the same drive on another computer I was able to get into the initial menu but after that I get a kernal panic (which might be related to a Bios setting) on that computer. I tried a VMWare virtual machine and couldn't get it to load from the USB drive either. I don't really want to burn gpartd to a CD but I can. Is there any other software that I can use from Windows server without having to pay for it? Can anyone think of any other method to try to get it to boot from USB? Is there anything else I can try to boot from a USB drive? Would I be able to use the knoppix disk I have and if so how? I have maxtor imaging software (and this is a maxtor drive) that I think has the option of resizing on restore but I want to save that option for last. The computer is a compaq presario 6000.

 

[Snick]

townsbg

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[townsbg]

I'll check it out tomorrow. Thanks.

 

[SIW2]

Have you tried using normal client edition in winpe ?

There are some included in my boot media but if you only have a tiny amount of ram, you would need something that can run in that.

I expect the older versons of gparted 32 bit would be better if burnt to cd on such an old machine.

Maybe some of the older editions of paragon, which had linux boot media would be worth a try.

Or make a diskgenius dos boot media.Create ".img" Image File - DiskGenius

 

[townsbg]

AOEMI worked. Thanks.

 

[Snick]

townsbg

Glad to hear you resolved your issue.



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