GParted destroyed me again

[lucky.error]

I was using Linux since like 2021. At the first I was using Linux mint along side Windows 7 after that I got a laptop and the then set up windows 11 alongside with Ubuntu. That was the first OS GParted destroyed. It was happened when I was trying to extend my root partition using GParted live USB.

After that I was tried to move into new Linux distro and then I install arch Linux. I was give it to root partition but with time goes on, it filled out. With that period because of some driver issue my Windows system also went down with critical process error. I did try to recover it but none of my methods works because of that I did decide to reinstall Windows 11 (It needed because I need use Photoshop and other my University related softwares).

Partition structure is Windows C partition my Media files partition (like 130GB, .PSD, University project files lot more important stuff) swap partition Linux root partition.

My plan is to shrink some space from c drive and then combine it to my Media partition and then shrink that space from the media partition and combine it with my Linux root partition. First step goes very well, format the C install Windows install drivers and setup everything nicely.

Now I need combine that spare space with the media partition I did it once with default Windows partition creation tool and then restart into live GParted environment. In there I didn't saw combined media partition.

Okay well in I did combine those two spare space and media partition (NTFS). SUCCESSFULLY COMBINED. Now shrink some storage from media partition now apply. SUCCESS. Combine that space with Linux root partition. Apply. DONE.

After like 3 minutes restart the system and went back into Windows. Oh man!! Water disaster!! Media partition file system RAW. Used 100% free 0%. Linux root and swap partitions file system unknown. They are still unlimited space there.

I don't know what to do now. If anyone can help me or advise me to do something about this. I'm going to try to recover some data if possible.

But still, big question is why isn't gpated not working for me.? Every single time when I use that, that end up being ____

 

[tpkusr]

You can use TestDisk.
Here is step by step tutorial

TestDisk Step By Step

www.cgsecurity.org

 

[CaffeineAddict]

My plan is to shrink some space from c drive and then combine it to my Media partition and then shrink that space from the media partition and combine it with my Linux root partition.

Unless you use LVM this is not possible.
To simply shrink partition and append free space to another partition you need LVM and you need to use programs that deal with LVM.

But still, big question is why isn't gpated not working for me.? Every single time when I use that, that end up being ____

Because you're doing something that can't be done.

Problem is that in order to append free space to some partition without LVM that free space needs to be immediately behind partition to which you want to append.

But this is impossible to achieve since shrinking works from behind of a partition not from ahead of it.

 

[Condobloke]

G'day lucky.error, Welcome to Linux.org

You need your Linux and Windows on separate drives.

Save your data before you do anything else. You may need a separate drive to save that data to.

You are obviously not using GParted correctly. Stay away from it.

 

[lucky.error]

You can use TestDisk.
Here is step by step tutorial

TestDisk Step By Step

www.cgsecurity.org

It did work actually. With Another 2-5 hours like exploration system up and running with I wished partition sizings. Thank you for your support.

 

[lucky.error]

Unless you use LVM this is not possible.
To simply shrink partition and append free space to another partition you need LVM and you need to use programs that deal with LVM.


Because you're doing something that can't be done.

Problem is that in order to append free space to some partition without LVM that free space needs to be immediately behind partition to which you want to append.

But this is impossible to achieve since shrinking works from behind of a partition not from ahead of it.

I don't know how these things even exist. When I got a problem there's always another way to do the same thing with possibility of working it fine. I think I need to explore LVM for real. Thank you for your support.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

I think I need to explore LVM for real.

Not sure you can use it with Windows though, you can think of LVM as of RAID.
And forgot to say, you can't simply resize root partition with gparted alone, there is more to it, you need to resize file system too, possibly also relocate swap partition as well if you have it.

 

[lucky.error]

G'day lucky.error, Welcome to Linux.org

You need your Linux and Windows on separate drives.

Save your data before you do anything else. You may need a separate drive to save that data to.

You are obviously not using GParted correctly. Stay away from it.

Thank u Condobloke, for your warm welcome.

Also there are few doubts about that installed different OS in separate drives. My laptop has only one m.2 port.

I thought it will work as they did in videos. But actually I didn't saw they all done it inside VMs. That true, I should have backed up my data beforehand.

 

[bob466]

Welcome to the Forum.

 

[lucky.error]

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Thanks for the warm welcome, @bob466 ! I’ve always loved getting involved with open-source communities. I think this problem was exactly what I needed to find my way here