Ubuntu – Resize/Create a New Partition in GParted

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So I've been having some trouble recently with Ubuntu and decided it was time to switch to windows. But I have no ntfs partitions on my hard disk and GParted will not let me resize my one large partition (/dev/sda1) so that I can allocate some ntfs space to install windows on.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I've had this problem for quite some time now and it had just become one big headache.

Thanks in advance!

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You can not resize a partition when it is in use. Boot a live CD, make sure the partition is not mounted, and run gparted from there.

Make sure the swap partition is not mounted either (swapoff).

You can mount / unmount a partition from gparted as well.

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sudo apt-get remove ntfsprogs && sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

This removes ntfsprogs if it's present on the system, and installs ntfs-3g which should allow you to write properly to NTFS partitions.

Then reboot your system, and attempt to open the NTFS drive for write access. You should now be able to write to the NTFS drive.

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Why do you create so many NTFS partitions in the first place? As for your info, Ubuntu/Kubuntu can't be installed on one of those, they require a Linux file system like ext4.

I'd suggest the following:

Delete all partition.
Use Vista to create a primary NTFS partition for Windows8, and then proceed installing it.
Install Ubuntu and Kubuntu. You can create partitions for them inside the installer.

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