[wplug] windows drive properties don't match partition table
Mark Haney
mh4s at xinterra.com
Fri Jun 25 23:26:39 EDT 2004
> Mark Haney wrote:
>
> > I finally deleted the Windows partition (after
> > backing up the partition table with sfdisk) and re-created it to fill
> > all the available space.
>
>
> Jonathan Billings replied:
>
> While you did create a *partition* that is the new size, the
> *filesystem* on that partition is still the original size. parted and
> other utilities like it actually modify the filesystem and "stretch" it
> to the new size.
I understand now. I'll restore the original partition table and try
again to grow the partition with a tool that will also grow the filesystem.
Thanks for pointing that out!
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