Ubuntu
gparted package

Help to resize partitions...

Asked by Rama Rivera

I dont know what is happening
i install somethings of the kde and of kubuntu, and now i cannot reinstall the ubuntu (at step 4 it says that all my disk is "no-assigned space" so i dont want to do nothing because of being afraid of doing something wrong and lossing all the data) i have the typical xp partitions (yes i have xp) "local drive C" and "local drive D"
at the ubuntu instalation i made 2 partitions the / and the swap one
i was runnig out of space for the ubuntu files so i wanted to make win xp partitions smaller ,and ubuntu`s bigger
i tried to resize partitions with "powerquest magic partitions" for windows xp , but it seems to be a error with simethn¡ing related to the units
then i tried to do it with the gparted for ubuntu, and as the ubuntu installer program it says that all my disc is "no-assigned space"
Another error i have is that at the upper right corner wont show my users name
and at every login i get a error saying that there are troubles with the ads servidor or something like that

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Best gadolinio (gadolinio) said : 		#1

I am not sure of the way in which you tried solving you problem with gparted, so i'll offer a solution that might be the one you tried. Boot your computer with the liveCD, not from your hard drive, and use gparted from there. Try resizing partitions there. Partition magic for windows isn't as good as gparted in liveCD mode.
Regarding the user name issue: have you tried adding the applet on the panel? i mean right click on the upper panel, choose "add to the panel", and add the aplication called "shut down" or "log out"; i think one of those is the one that shoes your user name there.
Hope you find this useful...

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Rama Rivera (ramarivera) said : 		#2

Thanks gadolinio, that solved my question.

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gadolinio (gadolinio) said : 		#3

You're welcome! :)