Problem enlarging ntfs

[Veehmot]

As you can see, sizes differs.
In Windows XP, I have 4.9GB, but I allocated 10GB with GParted.

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2561/screenshotvwx.png

Why is this?

[unutbu]

Please open a terminal (Applications>Accessories>Terminal), type


sudo fdisk -l
df -T
and post the output.

[Veehmot]

sudo fdisk -l


Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa376a376

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1305 10482381 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 1306 2734 11478442+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1306 2610 10482381 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 2611 2734 995998+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x26752674

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 38913 312568641 7 HPFS/NTFS

df -T


Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5 ext3 10317828 2269200 7524512 24% /
tmpfs tmpfs 2027728 0 2027728 0% /lib/init/rw
varrun tmpfs 2027728 100 2027628 1% /var/run
varlock tmpfs 2027728 0 2027728 0% /var/lock
udev tmpfs 2027728 2804 2024924 1% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 2027728 104 2027624 1% /dev/shm
lrm tmpfs 2027728 2380 2025348 1% /lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/volatile
/dev/scd0 iso9660 715810 715810 0 100% /media/cdrom0

[unutbu]

/dev/sda1 did not show up in the output of "df -T". Perhaps it was not mounted.

In a terminal, how about type


sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
df -T
and post the output once more.

[Veehmot]

df -T


Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5 ext3 10317828 2323056 7470656 24% /
tmpfs tmpfs 2027728 0 2027728 0% /lib/init/rw
varrun tmpfs 2027728 104 2027624 1% /var/run
varlock tmpfs 2027728 0 2027728 0% /var/lock
udev tmpfs 2027728 2804 2024924 1% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 2027728 104 2027624 1% /dev/shm
lrm tmpfs 2027728 2380 2025348 1% /lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/volatile
/dev/scd0 iso9660 715810 715810 0 100% /media/cdrom0
/dev/sda1 fuseblk 5116668 4978920 137748 98% /mnt

[unutbu]

To enlarge the NTFS partition:


sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs
sudo umount /dev/sda1
sudo ntfsresize /dev/sda1
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
df -T

The output of df should show sda1 to have about 10GB of total space.
It should show up in Windows XP that way too.

It appears GParted changed the size of the partition, but did not adjust the size of the filesystem inside the partition. The above commands should fix that.

[Veehmot]

Well I have a problem. ntfsprogs is obsolete, as it says in the output:

sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs


Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package ntfsprogs is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package ntfsprogs has no installation candidate

[unutbu]

Which version of Ubuntu are you using?

(ntfsprogs is not obsolete -- its is alive and kicking in Intrepid -- but you may not have the right repository activated.)

[Veehmot]

Well I have Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 64-bit version. How can I check the current repository activated?

[Veehmot]

Nevermind, I just updated Synaptic packages and it went right:

sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs


Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libntfs10
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libntfs10 ntfsprogs
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 285 not upgraded.
Need to get 383kB of archives.
After this operation, 942kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main libntfs10 2.0.0-1ubuntu2 [114kB]
Get:2 http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main ntfsprogs 2.0.0-1ubuntu2 [268kB]
Fetched 383kB in 5s (66.7kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libntfs10.
(Reading database ... 99174 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libntfs10 (from .../libntfs10_2.0.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package ntfsprogs.
Unpacking ntfsprogs (from .../ntfsprogs_2.0.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libntfs10 (2.0.0-1ubuntu2) ...

Setting up ntfsprogs (2.0.0-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

sudo ntfsresize /dev/sda1


ntfsresize v2.0.0 (libntfs 10:0:0)
Device name : /dev/sda1
NTFS volume version: 3.1
Cluster size : 4096 bytes
Current volume size: 5239468544 bytes (5240 MB)
Current device size: 10733958144 bytes (10734 MB)
New volume size : 10733953536 bytes (10734 MB)
Checking filesystem consistency ...
100.00 percent completed
Accounting clusters ...
Space in use : 5099 MB (97.3%)
Collecting resizing constraints ...
WARNING: Every sanity check passed and only the dangerous operations left.
Make sure that important data has been backed up! Power outage or computer
crash may result major data loss!
Are you sure you want to proceed (y/[n])? y
Schedule chkdsk for NTFS consistency check at Windows boot time ...
Resetting $LogFile ... (this might take a while)
Updating $BadClust file ...
Updating $Bitmap file ...
Updating Boot record ...
Syncing device ...
Successfully resized NTFS on device '/dev/sda1'.

df -T


Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5 ext3 10317828 2525072 7268640 26% /
tmpfs tmpfs 2027728 0 2027728 0% /lib/init/rw
varrun tmpfs 2027728 108 2027620 1% /var/run
varlock tmpfs 2027728 0 2027728 0% /var/lock
udev tmpfs 2027728 2804 2024924 1% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 2027728 104 2027624 1% /dev/shm
lrm tmpfs 2027728 2380 2025348 1% /lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/volatile
/dev/scd0 iso9660 715810 715810 0 100% /media/cdrom0
/dev/sda1 fuseblk 10482376 4979080 5503296 48% /mnt

[unutbu]

ntfsprogs is in the "main" repository. Try clicking System>Admin>Software Sources. Under "Ubuntu Software" tab, make sure there is a checkmark next to "Canonical-supported Open Source software (main)".

Then close the window. It should update your software sources if necessary.

If it was already enabled, then try this:

In a terminal, type


sudo apt-get update
If there is an error, post the output.
If there is no error, try


sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs
again.

[Veehmot]

Im in Windows XP now, and it all went great, thanks for your time.

So is this the right method to follow in a need to resize a ntfs partition?

[unutbu]

GParted lists ntfsprogs as a "Suggested" package, but not a strict dependency.
Therefore, GParted will semi-operate without the ntfsprogs package, but if you resize an NTFS partition without first installing the ntfsprogs package, then you end up having the problem you encountered.

Now that you have the ntfsprogs package installed, you should not have any more problem resizing NTFS partitions using GParted.