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A task-based, step-by-step guide that empowers you to use your disk space effectively
Overview
- Full of practical examples including screen shots, additional tips, and clear step-by-step instructions
- Create and move partitions without data loss
- Identify and manage partitions on all of your disk devices
In Detail
Modern disk drives can store vast amounts of information. To effectively use all of this space, you can partition disk drives into separate storage areas. These separate storage areas enable you to organize your data, improve system performance, and install and use many operating systems
Manage Partitions with GParted is a practical, hands-on guide providing you with step-by-step instructions to effectively organize your hard drive. You start with simple tasks that help you identify drives and partitions and progress to advanced tasks such as preparing for new operating systems
This book provides ample screen shots to help you effectively use your hard drive. You start with simple tasks that help you to identify drives and partitions. Next you progress to tasks covering the basics of how to grow, shrink, move, and copy partitions without data loss. You finish with advanced tasks that use the basics to prepare for new operating systems, migrate space between partitions, and share data among Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
By following through the tasks, from basic to advanced, this book will empower you with the knowledge and tools to Manage Partitions with GParted.
What you will learn from this book
- Learn the basics of partition management, such as how to grow, shrink, move, and copy partitions without data loss
- Prepare new disk devices for use on your computer
- Free up space for new operating systems
- Create live media and run GParted
- Prepare for dual booting with GNU/Linux
- Rescue data from lost partitions
- Learn tips to edit iPod partitions, and to add space to virtual machines
Approach
This book is a practical, task-based, step-by-step tutorial that starts simple with identifying disk device partitions, and culminates with advanced tasks such as preparing for new operating systems.
Who this book is written for
Are you a computer enthusiast who is looking forward to learn how to effectively use your disk space through disk partitions to maximize your computers potential? Then this book is for you.
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First published: November 2012
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Curtis Gedak
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Andrew Bradford
Peter Wu
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Curtis Gedak has managed the GParted project for the past 4 years, coordinating volunteer efforts and resources, managing releases, maintaining the website, developing new features, fixing bugs, and much more. For over 2 decades, Curtis developed a solid set of technical and management skills while working for a variety of companies in industries such as utilities, agriculture, and oil and gas. During this time he specialized in applying relational database technology, managing heterogeneous environments, and developing applications in a multitude of programming languages. With his strong interpersonal skills and sound technical ability he has been instrumental in the success of many projects. Curtis holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Alberta.
I would like to thank the Packt Publishing team for their help in creating this book. They provided advice on formatting and layout, constructive criticism, and guidance along the way. I would also like to extend special thanks to Linda Temple, my spouse, who has been very generous with her time, enthusiasm, and support while I wrote this book. Her editing efforts toward style and clarity, along with help from the Packt Publishing team have enabled me to create a better book.
Andrew Bradford has been a developer on the Cross Linux From Scratch (http://cross-lfs.org) project and an active participant in the BeagleBoard.org community (http://beagleboard.org) since 2010. He's been using Linux since RedHat 7 and since then, except for 1 year with a Mac, has been running Linux on the desktop quite successfully. His current interests involve Debian, embedded Linux, flash memories, and Ruby on Rails.
I'd like to thank my wife, Meghan, and my daughter, Erin. They're both amazing and they inspire me every day.
Peter Wu is a Software Science student at the University of Technology at Eindhoven (The Netherlands). He is an enthusiastic supporter of open source software, helping other users and contributing code. Beyond installing and administrating various systems with Linux distributions, he has also been required to make sane partitioning schemes. For this purpose he uses many tools, including GParted.
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Manage Partitions with GParted is a practical, hands-on guide that provides step-by-step instructions, including screenshots, to effectively use your hard drive.
With this book you start with simple tasks that help you to identify drives and partitions. Next you progress to tasks covering the basics of how to grow, shrink, move, and copy partitions without data loss. You finish with advanced tasks that leverage the basic tasks to prepare for new operating systems, migrate space between partitions, and share data among Windows, GNU/Linux, and Mac OS X.
By following through the tasks, from basic to advanced, this book will empower you with the knowledge and tools to manage partitions with GParted.
Creating live media and running GParted (Must know) , introduces the best way to access all of the features of GParted and walks you through the steps to create and boot your very own GParted Live CD.
Identifying proper disk device (Must know) , describes how to identify a variety of disk device types through the GParted application so that you can be confident in selecting the correct device.
Identifying partitions and actions available (Must know) , points out how to distinguish between different partitions and the types of operations available, increasing your knowledge of the potential options open to you for partition editing.
Checking and repairing a partition (Should know) , discloses how to spot problems with partitions and outlines how you can approach resolving these problems.
Getting space by shrinking a partition (Should know) , expresses how to locate partitions with unused space, leading you through the steps to free up this space for use in other areas.
Creating a new partition (Should know) , describes the different types of partitions and shows you how to create a new partition and toggle partition flags.
Moving a partition (Become an expert) , points out the implications of moving a partition, outlining how you can move a partition and address potential issues.
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