Manage Partitions with GParted How-to电子书

Manage Partitions with GParted How-to

Manage Partitions with GParted How-to

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

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1. Manage Partitions with GParted How-to

Manage Partitions with GParted How-to

In the beginning...

GParted software

Importance of computer system backups

Disclaimer

Creating live media and running GParted (Must know)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Missing MD5SUM

Missing CD writer software

Additional help

Identifying proper disk device (Must know)

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Device containing data shown as unallocated

Identifying partitions and actions available (Must know)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Labeling the partitions

Checking and repairing a partition (Should know)

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Checking and fixing NTFS file systems

Getting space by shrinking a partition (Should know)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Moving the left-hand side of a partition

Creating a new partition (Should know)

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Managing partition flags

Moving a partition (Become an expert)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Booting problems after moving

Windows 7/Vista repair commands

Windows XP repair commands

Adding space by growing a partition (Should know)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Moving the left-hand side of a partition

Formatting a partition (Should know)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works…

There's more...

Labeling the partition

Formatting creates a new UUID

Preparing a new disk device for use (Become an expert)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

MSDOS partition table 2 tebibyte limit

Booting from GPT disk device

References

Copying a partition (Become an expert)

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

UUID and Windows Product Activation

Copying a partition for backup

Pasting into existing partition

Copying all partitions

Deleting a partition (Should know)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Deleting a partition by accident

Moving space between partitions (Become an expert)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Growing or moving a partition

Preparing for dual boot with GNU/Linux (Become an expert)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

OEM Partition

Adding space to GPT RAID (Become an expert)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Reference information

Rescuing data from a lost partition (Become an expert)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Restoring a deleted partition

Appendix: Tips and tricks

Maintaining Mac OS X hybrid partition table

Editing iPod partitions

Adding space to virtual machines

Getting help with GParted

Other uses for GParted