Resizing Partition.... QTparted error

[Garibaldi]

I was trying to resize my 144 GB NTSF partition on my hd where I have XP installed so I could install Slackware linux. I was using the Partition Magic-like program QTparted on the system rescue cd (www.sysresccd.org). I had already run a boottime scandisk in windows and a complete defrag of the drive... the only file that the drive couldn't defrag was an image file I have on there for an emulator of linux (its 15 GB). In qtparted when I try to resize the partition it gives me this error:
"Your disk has bad sectors (manufacturing fault or dying disk)"
I know my disk is good because this is only a 5 month old HP computer. Why am I getting this error, even though I've run a scandisk which said it fixed the bad sectors?

[Soopafresh]

http://zeleps.com/


Try that app...

[bazooka]

Bad sectors are usually the result of a virus.

When you have bad sectors on a drive, those sectors are marked as bad so that they will not be used anymore and the data is moved to another area of the disc.

Unless you want to start over, I wouldn't worry about it, because it would probably require a low level format of the drive.

There is a possibility that the drive is going. I hope that is not the case. If it is going, then the drive will need to be replaced.

[Garibaldi]

Bad sectors are usually the result of a virus.

When you have bad sectors on a drive, those sectors are marked as bad so that they will not be used anymore and the data is moved to another area of the disc.

Unless you want to start over, I wouldn't worry about it, because it would probably require a low level format of the drive.

There is a possibility that the drive is going. I hope that is not the case. If it is going, then the drive will need to be replaced.
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So how could I resize my existing windows partition without loosing my data?

http://zeleps.com/


Try that app...

I'll take a look at that... thanks.

[Garibaldi]

I'll take a look at that... thanks.

Is that a good app? I would prefer to not loose my info if at all possible. Also I had one file that my deframentation couldn't move, will it still work even though there is that one 15 GB file that wasn't moved to the front of the drive?

[Garibaldi]

Is that a good app? I would prefer to not loose my info if at all possible. Also I had one file that my deframentation couldn't move, will it still work even though there is that one 15 GB file that wasn't moved to the front of the drive?

Also this app uses a bootdisk... I looked at www.bootdisk.com but it appears that there isn't a real bootdisk for xp so could I use a 98 boot disk even though I'm running xp?

[Soopafresh]

Just read the FAQ. No support for NTFS

This one might be safer. Allows you to simulate the resize.

http://www.ranish.com/part/

Whatever you do, just make sure you've got a backup...

BTW, the Win98 bootdisk (especially the SE one) will work with these resizing programs.

[Garibaldi]

Just read the FAQ. No support for NTFS sad.gif

This one might be safer. Allows you to simulate the resize.

http://www.ranish.com/part/

Whatever you do, just make sure you've got a backup...

BTW, the Win98 bootdisk (especially the SE one) will work with these resizing programs.

Thanks... have you used this partition manager before? Do you just include it on a bootdisk?
Also if you look here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&postid=1424059#post1424059
where I had posted this topic on linuxquestions one of the people who responded said he has used qtparted several times to resize ntsf partitions??