FC 9 Resize partition utility is bn going on for an hr
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FC 9 Resize partition utility is bn going on for an hr
Hi,
I am trying to install FC9 on my laptop. 120 gb hdd.
I tried using installation disk utility to resize exsisting Windows partition.
But it has been an hour now , its still resizing.
Is that normal?? I know suse takes few mins.
Is it giving progress or status? If it is let it keep going.
I think the most time a resize took for me was probably about 1-1.5 hours for a 100GB drive.
Oddly for me resizing a Vista laptop took longer than an XP setup.
I'm sure you know this by now, but always backup first. However I should say that I've been doing this for over 8 years, I have never had a resize fail and destroy my data.
Distribution: Mandriva 2009 X86_64 suse 11.3 X86_64 Centos X86_64 Debian X86_64 Linux MInt 86_64 OS X
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Originally Posted by knockout_artist
Hi,
I am trying to install FC9 on my laptop. 120 gb hdd.
I tried using installation disk utility to resize exsisting Windows partition.
But it has been an hour now , its still resizing.
Is that normal?? I know suse takes few mins.
Have I destroyed my data on windows partition?
Thanks.
No it is not normal it takes somewhat more time than with opensuse , it takes
somthing like 5 minutes
Last edited by ronlau9; 09-26-2008 at 09:29 PM.
Reason: save too soon
Thats strange about opensuse taking 5 minutes...
A resize using Gparted, depending on the number of steps, can take a couple of hours on a 80 gb drive...(let alone a near full 500gb)...
If you move a partition as well as resize and add a new partition, it can take a long time, I am waiting for gparted to finish on a clients pc, it may take another 30 mins yet and has been going for 2 hours...it has 6 steps to complete, (a pain doing more than three but such is life)...
Rather than stopping something that is still progressing, go make a cuppa and put a movie on...Some times these things take time, especially if data is stored on the backend of a partition...
Patience is a virtue, use it...
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