Resizing and moving large partitions
I have a 2TB (external) HD, with 1.5TB used. What's the best way that I can (on the hard drive) convert it from ntfs to ext2?
My only thought was to resize, create a new partition, and move stuff over slowly, but that's going to require (eventually) moving a whole 1.5TB disk to the left 500GB (at least with with how gparted works). Code:
1) resize sdb1 (ntfs) from 2TB to 1.5TB I guess my question comes down to: Is there any easy way to do something like this? If not, is there any way to "incorporate" free space before a partition, without moving the whole partition? |
0. Use xfs or ext4 not ext2
Best is to use another hard disk or Simply compress the data to tar.bz2 Resize move data decompress |
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What a dilemma. I don't know of a way to "convert" between those two very different filesystems.
Especially if you consider this to be important data, this may be one situation where you want to shell out for the new drive, unfortunately. (I get nervous about multiple filesystem / partition resizes when it comes to data I mustn't lose. One little goof in your sequence may be a disaster.) ------- edit: Let's put it into a monetary argument. Is the data worth more than US$150 (the approximate cost of a new 2TB drive) to you? If so, better to play it safe and buy. (Unless someone follows up with an elegant, low-risk method for accomplishing your task.) |
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