Is it possible to cancel this NTFS resize without losing data?
I have an external HDD with an NTFS partition, which has backups of my home directory and media, among other things. I'm currently resizing it with GParted to make room for an ext4 partition, but it's taking way longer than I anticipated. After 4 hours it's at 20%, so it will take 16 more hours to complete. I can let it run, but it's getting in the way of other things I need to do. Can I cancel it without losing data? If so, how?
I've already tried pressing the Cancel button in GParted, but it still needs to complete the current operation. I've tried pressing "Force cancel", but it warns,
Are you sure you want to cancel the current operation?
Cancelling an operation might cause SEVERE filesystem damage.
so I'm not doing that.
Additional info:
- I have Windows 10 in dual-boot if I need to repair the NTFS partition.
- The drive is a 1.5 TB Seagate external, connected via USB 3.0. Its partition table is MBR.
- I don't have any other backups, though a lot of what's on there is recoverable.
- My laptop is an Asus K56CA with Ubuntu 14.04
14.04 partitioning gparted ntfs external-hdd
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I have an external HDD with an NTFS partition, which has backups of my home directory and media, among other things. I'm currently resizing it with GParted to make room for an ext4 partition, but it's taking way longer than I anticipated. After 4 hours it's at 20%, so it will take 16 more hours to complete. I can let it run, but it's getting in the way of other things I need to do. Can I cancel it without losing data? If so, how?
I've already tried pressing the Cancel button in GParted, but it still needs to complete the current operation. I've tried pressing "Force cancel", but it warns,
Are you sure you want to cancel the current operation?
Cancelling an operation might cause SEVERE filesystem damage.
so I'm not doing that.
Additional info:
- I have Windows 10 in dual-boot if I need to repair the NTFS partition.
- The drive is a 1.5 TB Seagate external, connected via USB 3.0. Its partition table is MBR.
- I don't have any other backups, though a lot of what's on there is recoverable.
- My laptop is an Asus K56CA with Ubuntu 14.04
14.04 partitioning gparted ntfs external-hdd
asked 59 mins ago
wjandreawjandrea
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I have an external HDD with an NTFS partition, which has backups of my home directory and media, among other things. I'm currently resizing it with GParted to make room for an ext4 partition, but it's taking way longer than I anticipated. After 4 hours it's at 20%, so it will take 16 more hours to complete. I can let it run, but it's getting in the way of other things I need to do. Can I cancel it without losing data? If so, how?
I've already tried pressing the Cancel button in GParted, but it still needs to complete the current operation. I've tried pressing "Force cancel", but it warns,
Are you sure you want to cancel the current operation?
Cancelling an operation might cause SEVERE filesystem damage.
so I'm not doing that.
Additional info:
- I have Windows 10 in dual-boot if I need to repair the NTFS partition.
- The drive is a 1.5 TB Seagate external, connected via USB 3.0. Its partition table is MBR.
- I don't have any other backups, though a lot of what's on there is recoverable.
- My laptop is an Asus K56CA with Ubuntu 14.04
14.04 partitioning gparted ntfs external-hdd
asked 59 mins ago
wjandreawjandrea
9,29842664
I have an external HDD with an NTFS partition, which has backups of my home directory and media, among other things. I'm currently resizing it with GParted to make room for an ext4 partition, but it's taking way longer than I anticipated. After 4 hours it's at 20%, so it will take 16 more hours to complete. I can let it run, but it's getting in the way of other things I need to do. Can I cancel it without losing data? If so, how?
I've already tried pressing the Cancel button in GParted, but it still needs to complete the current operation. I've tried pressing "Force cancel", but it warns,
Are you sure you want to cancel the current operation?
Cancelling an operation might cause SEVERE filesystem damage.
so I'm not doing that.
Additional info:
- I have Windows 10 in dual-boot if I need to repair the NTFS partition.
- The drive is a 1.5 TB Seagate external, connected via USB 3.0. Its partition table is MBR.
- I don't have any other backups, though a lot of what's on there is recoverable.
- My laptop is an Asus K56CA with Ubuntu 14.04
14.04 partitioning gparted ntfs external-hdd
14.04 partitioning gparted ntfs external-hdd
asked 59 mins ago
wjandreawjandrea
9,29842664
asked 59 mins ago
wjandreawjandrea
9,29842664
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asked 59 mins ago
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