Ubuntu – Red exclamation mark when attempting to resize HDD – gparted

gparted

I'm unable to shrink Windows partition using gparted live CD.

The partition filesystem is NTFS. Windows 7 is on it and boots fine.

Gparted information dialog gives the following:

  • Status – unmounted
  • ERROR – the disk has at least 19 bad sectors
  • Run chkdsk /f /r on Windows and reboot it TWICE! Then you can resize
    NTFS safely by additionally using the –bad-sectors option of
    ntfsresize
  • The cause might be a missing software package. The following list of
    software packages is required for ntfs file system support: ntfsprogs
    / ntfs-3g.

I've scanned for disk errors and rebooted twice as suggested above.

How do I get rid of this red exclamation mark?
(The red exclamation mark looks like this).

Thanks in advance.

Best Answer

The advice it gives is incorrect. ntfsresize ( which gparted uses ) refuses to resize a volume that has flagged any clusters as bad. Running chkdsk /b from Windows will test the blocks marked as bad and hopefully clear them, allowing you to proceed. If not, then you may need to replace the disk. In any case, you should open the disk utility and check the SMART health of the disk.

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