Unallocated Space

[Boggess Rod]

>In GParted will moving/resizing my (C:) volume into/around unallocated
>space
>cause damage to Windows?
>
>On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Tony Pursell
><ajp at princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk>wrote:
>
>>  On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 12:09 -0500, Raeven Cogan wrote:
>> > I decided to convert one of my machines back to Windows
temporarily. I
>> > used Easy BCD to get rid of GRUB and then Window's Computer
Management
>> > to delete/convert the Ubuntu partitions into unallocated space.
>> > However, when I right click my OS (C:) partition the option "Extend
>> > Volume" is grayed out/unclickable. I was wondering if anyone knows
of
>> > a way to extend my (C:) volume into this unallocated space.
>>
>> Boot up from a live CD or USB stick and use gparted (the partitioning
>> tool) to do it.
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
>>
>>

First, please don't top post.

Second, go to www.download.com and download a copy of Paragon Backup.

Third, clone your disk in case something goes wrong.

Fourth, boot into a Linux live cd and use gparted (or ntfsresize, which
is the command line that gparted will execute) to increase the size of
your windows partition. 

Fifth, reboot into ntfs with no worries (since you have a clone), and
run chkdsk /f /r and reboot. Twice.

Finally, enjoy the rest of your holidays knowing that, although
ntfsresize did move all of your windows data safely and you didn't need
that clone, that clone is always there in case something else goes
wrong. (Or in case you want to easily convert it to a virtual machine.)