Hi Basil, 1. I think you can reach more helpers for resizing and backing up Windows at the Ubuntu Forums.
http://ubuntuforums.org 2. But I'll start helping here ... I don't know what happened, so that you cannot resize the Windows partition (with NTFS file system I assume). Maybe you are not closing Windows (but hibernating), maybe the are errors in the file system, maybe you made a dynamic partition. Use 'Windows tools' to fix Windows and Windows's file system. Then you can change its size. I think you might fail to restore Windows from a backup to a smaller partition. It is better to decrease the size and make a second backup (keep both backups if possible). It is probably possible to make recovery disks now. It is worth trying. -o- I don't think there is a dedicated Lubuntu tool for backup. Use a general tool, either a Windows tool or a linux tool. Do you want a complete image of the drive? Or 'only' backup of the personal data files, or something in between? See these links about backup https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2223693 Best regards Nio 2014-05-16 09:10, Basil Fernie skrev: > Another question, really, but very close... If I should rather post to a > different link, please let me know. > > I want tp backup the Win7 system partition that came with my laptop, > reduce it a whole lot and turn about 100GB of space over to dedicated > Linux use. GParted doesn't want to touch it currently, because in the > process of shrinking it earlier to make space available for the present > Lubuntu installation, something apparently went wrong with some > parameter with the result that while I can acces everything there and > still boot into Windows, I cannot resize it. > > It has about 110GB of win7 installation and data, plus about 130GB of > unused space. Much of the data is already backed up elswhere. > > So my plan is to backup the entire bootable Win7 partition onto an > external USB drive which already contains a backup of my Linux > operations, try reformatting the partition as Win32, then try shrinking > it by 100GB and re-installing the backup onto it. If successful then > I'll remove some of the data backups and shrink it some more. If needs > be, I could just scrub the entire disk, set up a Win32 partition of say > 150GB for the Win7 restoration, use the remainder of the disk for a new > Lubuntu14.04 installation and live happily ever after. > > So I have two main problems: (i) what (Lubuntu) package should I use to > backup the Win7 bootable partition that will allow me to restore it onto > a smaller clean partition? There was no recovery CD when I bought the > laptop... is it too late to make one from the recovery partition that it > came with, and if so how? > (ii) should I plan for having to erase and repartition the entire disk? > > Actually, I keep the Win7 partition merely so that every six months or > so I can have the pleasure of catching up with all the Window upgrades > (aka anti-virus measures) overnight; but I'm prepared to do this, and to > give over let's say 30GB of the HDU, in order to have A working Windows > boot partition Just In Case Wine doesn't help in a particular situation.. > > Any advice, even comments, would be welcome. > > Basil > > Pretoria, South Africa > > > On Wed, 14 May 2014 21:37:25 +0200, James McCoy > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I been using Ubuntu (now running 13.10) for some time and know it > comes with backup software like Deja Dup already included. I just > started learning about Lubuntu 14.04 and plan to install it in my HP > 64 bit laptop and wonder does it also have built-in backup software > or do I need to install it? > > If I need to install backup software - does anyone have suggestions > for backup software for Lubuntu? > > Ubuntu has "Ubuntu Tweak" - is there similar software for Lubuntu? I > heard about "Lubuntu Tweak" but do not know anything about it. What > is it like? Will Ubuntu Tweak work on Lubuntu? > > Is there any kind of listings/directories of software and/or > applications for Lubuntu in particular? I know of websites "Appnr" > and "Linux App Finder" - but they have apps for Ubuntu in general. I > am looking for lightweight versions of Ubuntu apps (example - > lightweight version of firewall "Firestarter" or lightweight version > of video editing software Kino/Kdenlive). > > James > Indiana / USA > > > > > -- > Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > > -- Lubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
