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I created an 1gb(sda partition in my extended partition (sda3). Now how can I delete it and put it back to the ntfs partition(sda1)? I already tried with gparted, I ...
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    I created an 1gb(sda partition in my extended partition (sda3). Now how can I delete it and put it back to the ntfs partition(sda1)? I already tried with gparted, I delete the partition, it becomes unallocated space, but I cannot move it to the ntfs partition. Suggestions?
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    i think sda1 is Primary Partition and free space is in Extended Partition. if there isn't anyother Logical Partition and Extended Partition is empty, delete Extended partition too.

    post snapshot of GParted, if possible.
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    Quote Originally Posted by devils_casper View Post
    post snapshot of GParted, if possible.
    gparted saves the snapshot in /root/gparted.jpg. How can I get it from there?
    Anyway fdisk -l shows this
    Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sda1 * 1 14668 117820678+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
    /dev/sda2 18746 19457 5719140 7 HPFS/NTFS
    /dev/sda3 14669 18745 32748502+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
    /dev/sda5 14794 14921 1028128+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
    /dev/sda6 14922 16451 12289693+ 83 Linux
    /dev/sda7 16452 18745 18426523+ 83 Linux

    Partition table entries are not in disk order
    the free space is in sda3
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    gparted saves the snapshot in /root/gparted.jpg. How can I get it from there?
    open GParted Terminal and mount any partition. save snapshot there.
    Latest version of GParted has ntfs-3g package too. you can save in NTFS partition too.
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    Alright that worked. Here is the snapshot:
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    okk ! free space is inside Extended Partition.

    three steps:

    * right click on Border of Extended Partition. click resize and move slider to right. click Apply.

    now free space is outside of Extended Partition's Border.

    * right click on NTFS partition, select resize and move slider to right side. click Apply.
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