Ntfsresize
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Ntfsresize is a free Linux utility that non-destructively resizes the NTFS filesystem used by Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows Vista on a harddisk partition. All NTFS versions are supported, used by 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. No defragmentation is required prior to resizing since version 1.11.2. Ntfsresize is included in the ntfsprogs package, developed by the voluntary Linux-NTFS project. For those that don't have Linux installed, it is still possible to run Ntfsresize by using one of the many Linux LiveDistros.
Features of Ntfsresize include:
- Full compatibility with all known NTFS versions from Windows NT 3.1 to Windows Vista
- No defragmentation needed prior to use
- Checks whether the volume is flagged dirty (for Windows to run CHKDSK at boot). If so, it will refuse to run without the --force switch enabled
- Checks internal structures for errors
- Checks whether Windows is hibernated on the partition, and refuse to run if so
- Supports both shrinking and expanding NTFS
- Supports resizing volumes with known physically bad sectors in it (dangerous to use, as such disk failures are likely to affect other sectors without software detecting it first)
