I'm using Paragon Partition Manager (9.0 special edition) and an 8GB MicroSD card, and would like to make two partitions, one with the android files, and the other one so that I can put all my other stuff in. Is there a way that I can see my second partition in windows once I connect my phone to my computer, and what type of partition should I make? I can choose between FAT32, NTFS, and Linux ext2 and ext3.
Thanks in advance.
Ideally you are supposed to make 3 partitions:
First partition is the biggest partition (Fat32)
Second partition should be around 256MB
Third partition should also be around 256MB
I also have an 8GB card. However 8GB is really 7.61GB
If i remember correctly what i did was i shrank the sd card from 7.61GB to about 7.10GB...........which created approximately a second partition of 516MB or so.
Then i split that 516 in half so i had 2 partitions of 258MB.
Then i formatted the two 256MB partitions to ext2
***Important***
The fat32 partition (7.10GB) should be the first partition (must be on the left)
Then the other 2 partitions should come after the fat32 partition.
Failure to do this may cause the sd card to not be recognized in windows computer (i think)
Well I got it working with Paragon Partition Manager. I created two ext3 but I had to modify cluster size to 4.
Link2SD wouldn't recognize 2 cluster ext3 and it couldn't mount 8 cluster ext3.
I have android on my Hd2 and the sd card is partioned with a fat32 and an ext3 partion...
I now want to buy a bigger sd card, but how do I migrate the SD partition?
I mean I can create an ext3 partition on the new sd card, move the data from the old fat32 to the new fat32 partition, but what about the ext3 partition whch is not visible in Windows?
thanks
you'll need to find a proper partition manager. I think partition magic could work
Aryante said:
you'll need to find a proper partition manager. I think partition magic could work
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I do have a partition manager for windows, but i thought this would only create partitions and not copy them...
I found this link:
http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2007/03/mount-ext2-or-ext3-partition-in-windows.html
a cwm restore won't work ??
Have fat32 and ext3 partitions on my SD card, both 4 GB in size. Want to resize them without losing data or having to reinstall anything, using Windows tools only (no Linux!).
If I
1. backup the ext3 partition to my PC hard drive using HDClone,
2. delete existing ext3 partition with MiniTool Partition Wizard,
3. enlarge existing fat32 partition into unallocated space with Partition Wizard,
4. create a new ext3 partition of desired size in the rest of unallocated space with
Partition Wizard,
5. restore the ext3 from backup to the new ext3 partition,
will that work?
hmmm, you have to try ans tell us,
afaik ,, there is no way without backing up data and reformatting .. atleast on WIN
i did a few times it works. but it may be a good idea to flash mgldr after you put sd into phone.
wuzzi said:
Have fat32 and ext3 partitions on my SD card, both 4 GB in size. Want to resize them without losing data or having to reinstall anything, using Windows tools only (no Linux!).
If I
1. backup the ext3 partition to my PC hard drive using HDClone,
2. delete existing ext3 partition with MiniTool Partition Wizard,
3. enlarge existing fat32 partition into unallocated space with Partition Wizard,
4. create a new ext3 partition of desired size in the rest of unallocated space with
Partition Wizard,
5. restore the ext3 from backup to the new ext3 partition,
will that work?
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They recommend backing up your data before resizing, it (may) corrupt the stored data
How would i do that:
-backup sd card files on pc.
-make a backup with cwm (also backups sd ext..)
-boot to recovery->advanced->partition sd card: choose your size.
-restore you files from pc to sd
-boot to cwm and restore backup.
Well, I performed the routine on a different sd card now. Created a small ext3 and restored my backups to the appropiate partitions. Said "no" when HDClone asked to "change partition sizes for best compatibility". Seems to have worked beautifully, everythings runs just like before.
Thanks everybody!
I have the same desire: i want to resize my ext partition without losing data.
Many threads have suggested the following:
- backup ext partition (for example though clockwork or in Linux)
- shrink fat partition, delete ext and create new larger ext
- restore backup
I'm sure this routine will work, but it seems rather inefficient.
Therefore my question is: can't i use Minitool Partition Wizard to shrink the fat partition and then enlarge the ext partition all through resizing (and all while the data)?
Can use minitool partition wizard home edition it's free for personal use you can create, resize ,delete any kind of partitions included ext3 and ext4
*Backup your data first
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saeid63t, i tried resizing with minitool PW.
While it can successfully resize fat32 partitions (and retain data) it cannot resize or merge ext3 partitions.
Fortunately Gparted can. I downloaded and burned the Gparted bootable live cd. Once booted I resized the ext3 partition while retaining all data of the ext3 partition.
The end result: i enlarger my ext-partition in 10 minutes without restoring or reinstalling any data from recovery and without formating or recreating partitions from scratch again. Gparted all the way for more efficiency!
Write data to ext3
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Well, I performed the routine on a different sd card now. Created a small ext3 and restored my backups to the appropiate partitions. Said "no" when HDClone asked to "change partition sizes for best compatibility". Seems to have worked beautifully, everythings runs just like before.
Thanks everybody!
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How did you restore data(write data) to new ext3 partition ??
please help....
I couldn't get Mini-Partition or EaseUS to resize the EXT3 partition. I could easily create a larger one, but copying will put the EXT3 partition only into unallocated space, not integrate into an existing EXT3 partition. I even tried reducing the FAT32 partition on my smaller SD card to make room to resize the existing EXT3 partition and the same problem happened.
Does anyone know how to resize an EXT3 partition? You'd think this would be more widely asked about or addressed, given how people will move from smaller to larger SD cards. Yet... once you've got a 2Gb EXT3 partition, you never need to increase it (at least given the current Android ROM's). So, I just moved all of my apps back to the phone, installed the new SD card, then moved them back manually. Thankfully I'm just starting out and didn't have more than a dozen apps to move.
It seems we can use minitool pw to manage sd card partition directly, like resize partition, delete partition, extend partition and copy partititon.
since my 2nd partition is not mounting at all and displays "error: invalid argument", i try to find out what i am going to do. so this is my 1st choice, use minitool partition, remove partition and extend to full memory allocation. then reformat sdcard and create again the 2nd partition via CWM. and it works, sd-ext is mounted again. so i used sd-ext3 for now because like they said, ext2 is too old. it is also detectable in CWM(sd-ext) so i can create backups of sd-ext.
Dear Concern,
Recently I have partitioned my 64gb SD Card in "two formats" by "MiniTool Partition Wizard" taking help of video tutorial to use some features of LINK2SD app. After partition the formats were:
01. FAT32 (type-primary) and 02. Ext2 (type-primary)
However later I decided to restore my SD card as it was earlier. So again I took help from vid tutorial and tried as below using "MiniTool Partition Wizard":
01. Delete EXt2 partition and
02. Merge the unlocated space to the other space
But after giving command when I press APPLY it didnt do anything but show a msg like "configuration not support". I thought that it didnt work caz there were some data in my FAT32 partition. So I decided to format that partition. When I went to the click format option two file system were shown shich are "exFAT & NTFS". I choose the first one and formatted that partition. After formatting the partition the file system of this partition change to "exFAT" which was earlier "FAT32". Still I cant delete and merge the 2nd partition (file system-EXT2) to the other one and restore my SD card in its earlier condition i.e. a partition-less SD card. Can you pls help me to solve this problem??