Repartition existing NTFS drive

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    Hi Everyone,


    I was wondering if it's possible to re-partition an existing drive in OMV. This are my shares:

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    root@odroidxu4:/sharedfolders/TVSeries# df -Th | grep "^/dev"
/dev/mmcblk0p2 btrfs     7.4G  3.5G  2.9G  55% /
/dev/mmcblk0p1 ext4       58M   23M   33M  42% /boot
/dev/sdb1      fuseblk   1.9T  1.7T  204G  90% /sharedfolders/TVSeries
/dev/sda1      fuseblk   1.9T  1.3T  627G  67% /sharedfolders/MOVIES
/dev/sdc3      fuseblk   489G   49G  440G  10% /sharedfolders/Sys_Backup
/dev/sdc2      fuseblk   1.3T  607M  1.3T   1% /sharedfolders/Movies2
/dev/sdc1      fuseblk   2.0T  1.7T  282G  86% /sharedfolders/TVSeries2

    *All 3 hard drives are NTFS

    What I would like to do is delete Movies2 and reuse the space to expand TVSeries2. Can I do that? If so, is there a plugin to easily do that in OMV. If not, what are the commands to run in CLI to be able to accomplish this?


    Thanks in advance for any guidance ;):)

  • redespace

    Added the Label OMV 4.x
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    They're NTFS... just do it with Windows (I don't know how to do it with Windows, but I'm sure Windows has some sort of partition tool).


    Beyond that, you really shouldn't be using NTFS with OMV.... it works, but you're going to get headaches eventually. I personally would focus on getting those drives formatted to a Linux filesystem.

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    Quote from KM0201

    (I don't know how to do it with Windows, but I'm sure Windows has some sort of partition tool).

    I saw this post yesterday and decided to pass ;) but to answer, in windows you would have to use Disk Management, that's assuming the drive/s have been partitioned with Windows prior to adding them it/them to OMV.

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    Quote from geaves

    I saw this post yesterday and decided to pass ;) but to answer, in windows you would have to use Disk Management, that's assuming the drive/s have been partitioned with Windows prior to adding them it/them to OMV.

    Well it appears he has 3 partitions on sdc, so you'd think Windows could whack one of those and extend the other into it's space.


    If not, Gparted should be able to do it

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    Quote from KM0201

    Well it appears he has 3 partitions on sdc, so you'd think Windows could whack one of those and extend the other into it's space.

    It's possible whether it's doable is another matter, I haven't used partitioning at least for storage for a long time on a windows box never saw the need for it, but if disk manager failed then gparted should work on live linux distro.

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    Quote from geaves

    It's possible whether it's doable is another matter, I haven't used partitioning at least for storage for a long time on a windows box never saw the need for it, but if disk manager failed then gparted should work on live linux distro.

    Well, partitioning storage drives is a whole other matter... I'm not even sure why he did that on a Windows system, let alone OMV. Just makes no sense.

    Hi Guys,


    Thanks for your replies. I've had these drives for a long time inside my windows PC. After buying an Odroid, I decided to move those drives to OMV and share them on my network. I did not format those drives because they had already a lot of files inside and didn't have the space to backup them, so I decide to just connect them to OMV as NTFS.


    I just wanted to see if there was a way to re-partition the drives without the need of unplugging them and taking them back to my WinPC. Is gparted easy to use? Can it accomplish what I am trying to do? (I am not a linux guy)

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    Quote from redespace

    Is gparted easy to use? Can it accomplish what I am trying to do? (I am not a linux guy)

    Your best option is to search you tube for gparted resize partition, but you will need a linux live distro either on a USB or CD.


    But we warned as with re partitioning get it wrong and apply the changes your data could be toast on the partition being resized.

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    Quote from redespace

    I did not format those drives because they had already a lot of files inside and didn't have the space to backup them

    I think that is a bad idea. If the data are important for you, you should have backup. Always. Plenty.

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