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[Q] HELP with Swap Partition

hi guys i have been searching the forums for tutorial on how to properly partition your sd card and your phone to use a swap partition for swapper. i heard it allows speed up performance for the phone while using some apps. can anyone pls help me with this. i just want a better performing GT540. thanks in advance

I'd be interested in a tutorial for this as well.
Thanks

Most opperating systems have a built in manager for it, including windows. Look on YouTube, that's how I did mine.
Or use clockworkmod.

lukemovement1 said:
Most opperating systems have a built in manager for it, including windows. Look on YouTube, that's how I did mine.
Or use clockworkmod.
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On windows you can create partitions but swap belongs to linux so unless you use a ubuntu live CD or a machine with ubuntu...
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lavero.burgos said:
On windows you can create partitions but swap belongs to linux so unless you use a ubuntu live CD or a machine with ubuntu...
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A ext2 partitions is the same on all operating system
Clockworkmod will also partition you sdcard

So i just create an ext2 partition on my sd? Then what's next?
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Back ur memory card up first. Depending what size memory card you have depends on the size of the partition
The most you will need is 2gb, I would only us 500mb.(2gb sdcard)
You need to have a fat32 partition for your normal data and the ext2 for the swap file. Then just put it back in you phone.
BTW I lost my last memory card trying to unpartition it. So if you only want 1 extra paelrtition use clockworkmod.

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back ur memory card up first. Depending what size memory card you have depends on the size of the partition
the most you will need is 2gb, i would only us 500mb.(2gb sdcard)
you need to have a fat32 partition for your normal data and the ext2 for the swap file. Then just put it back in you phone.
Btw i lost my last memory card trying to unpartition it. So if you only want 1 extra paelrtition use clockworkmod.
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after this, how can i configure swapper 2??
Thanks in advance

I think you tick a box. Download swapper2 from the market place, one of them has more options than the other

[Q] how do i put 2 partitions on my sd card

I have scoured and tried to no avail, so I called my mom and told her I was special (as per your awesome noob video), or possibly illiterate. I rooted my nc last week via the instructions I found here (TY!!) it works so great that my memory is full, so I downloaded apps2sd and link2sd and neither will let me transfer to my 16gb PNY sdhc, link2sd says it needs 2 primary partitions, I downloaded easeus, paragon partition manager, and sdk manager, none will let me create a new partition, I can delete, and create 1 partition only, I have tried through windows disk manager as well. I am running Vista 32bit, also have a laptop with XP SP2. Sorry if this question is stupid, any help is greatly appreciated!!

You have to shrink the partition already on there and then make another from the unused space.
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ok I went back to windows disk management and shrink is greyed out, so I tried paragon and got this message when I tried to resize:
Basic MBR Hard Disk 1 (Lexar RW047SDHC Reader USB Device) - Removable
Wizard could not find any adjacent partitions to work with on this hard drive. Note, hard drive must contain at least a pair of partitions that are located next to each other (two primary and/or two logical) to perform resize between.
Thank You Again!

Try using Easeus.
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I just checked EaseUs and it seems to work. You can re-size the existing to a smaller one and then create a new one with what is left over.

Most definitely helpful. Thanks!
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Sorry it took so long to get back,
Thank you for your replies, are you using the free version of easeus? on mine I have the re-size option for my hard drive but when i select the sd card it disappears

I think you have to right click the partition to see all the options. Is that what you are doing?
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I just tried right clicking and still no resize for my sd, I can (copy partition, change label, change drive letter, check-hide-format-explore partition, and view properties). I'm wondering if I perhaps messed up the sd card, it seems to be functional I can add/retrieve data from it and speed up my system. maybe the wrong file system? it is fat32 and says it has a 14.91 GB capacity. I'm generally pretty good with technology, rooting my nook was a breeze, but this is starting to make me feel pretty dumb!

Hmm, backup your sd card onto your pc abd then format the card in the nook and try again. Also make sure you are running easeus as admin.
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well looks like I'm about 50% there! using mini-tool partition wizard I managed to shrink the original partition down to 6.99 GB, but it wouldn't allow me to add another, it said I had to delete the first partition if I wanted to create multiple partitions, so I did but then when I tried to create the new partitions there was no option to create multiples so I ended up right where I started, so once again I shrank the partition and opened easeus and it keeps telling me I've successfully created the 2nd partitions but is still showing up as unallocated space and my nook wants to format it, won't let me do anything else with it, so I let it and tried again, but still nothing. Is it possible this cannot be done with a 16 GB card? I didn't think size really mattered with this kind of thing it should still be the same operation as a smaller card right?

Do you know of a program like link2sd or app2sd, that doesn't require a 2nd partition? I'm starting to think this is an unfixable user error!

Possible? To copy a vista x64 to another partition and upgrade to 8?

Is it Possible? To copy a vista x64 installation settings programs and all to another partition and upgrade to 8? To have as a dual boot? I had 8 on as a dual boot but did not want to have to install all I use again.
If so how could this be done?
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yes, it is possible. you will have to use a partition program to create a new partition on your hd. then put an image of your vista to the new partition. then just install win8 to the new partition. i would make a backup to the c drive first though.

so if i use the robocopy command from the disk an use robocopy C:\ G:\/e/esfraw/copyall/dcopy:t/r:0
that copies my install on c to my new partition g, but not sure if this sets g to active or not as been a while.
so would i then after doing this use upgrade install or custom install to upgrade drive g vista to win8?

I believe you can repartition an existing HDD with disk management in vista and up. Use to use a program called partition magic.
also make sure you have enough space on hdd have fun
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/partition-and-format-a-disk-in-windows/
1. Right click on the space listed as unallocated.
2. At the menu that comes up, click on the New Partition option.
3. You will now be presented with a wizard as to how you would like the partition to be created. At the first screen press Next.
4. At the following screen, determine if you need a primary or extended partition. For more information about these partitions you can read our partition tutorial listed above. Most people will be fine selecting Primary Partition. Select Primary Partition and press Next.
5. At the next screen you will be prompted to type in how much of the unallocated space you would like used for the new partition. In my example, my unallocated space is 26.43 GB, so I can choose to make a partition of that entire amount of only use half and save the rest for another partition. Regardless, of what you decide, you need to enter a size in the Partition size in MB: field, or stick with the default size, and press the Next button.
6. At the next screen select the drive letter you would like assigned to it, or use the default one given. When done, press the Next button. The drive letter that you assign here will be how you access the partition later.
7. In this step you will determine how you would like the new partition to be formatted. For the most part you are advised to use the NTFS file system. If you need a file system that can be readable by older operating systems like DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows ME, then you should instead choose the FAT32 file system.
8. Type a name in the Volume Label field that will be associated with this partition or leave it blank.
9. Finally press the Next button and you will come to a summary screen. Review how the partition will be created, and if you are satisfied, press the Finish button to complete the creation and formatting of your new hard disk partition.

My method was shorter and cloned current install to new partition but after that is the clone active or not. Also do I then use custom or upgrade option for win8?
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Giving it a bash now taking hours to copy all 85 gigabyte across. It turned out active partition btw
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you can use linux install tools.
you burn linux on a cd after you create a partition with linux tool, you install ubuntu.
after you boot on windows 8 USB/CD you delete and format the partition where's ubuntu and you install it
i do it work fine

Is 1gb the ceiling limit for mini tool partition?

I have a 16gb and i'm planning on creating a 4gb partition using minitool (it's the only way i'm comfortable). Just want to know because most of the topics about partitioning always says '1024mb'. Sorry noob here
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edge279 said:
I have a 16gb and i'm planning on creating a 4gb partition using minitool (it's the only way i'm comfortable). Just want to know because most of the topics about partitioning always says '1024mb'. Sorry noob here
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Nope.. using minitool is more free to create 2nd-4th partition.. for size of course free and depend ur needs.. i forget is there limit in size partition but 4gb is realistic size to 2nd partition with ur 16gb mmc..

Thanks mate. Will try it
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your partition size will depend on how you will use it. ext2, ext3, swap etc...
just a little advice, search your purpose and decide.

it depends on what's your partition files system. if you want to create a ext2 parition, it need 512mb to 1024mb; ext3, it needs 300-499mb; or if you want to create a fat/fat32 file system partition, it needs several hundred mb (i cannot remember clear.)

Is this normal?

I recently had my 1 tb hdd on my sony laptop replaced with a 180 gig ssd. I let best buy do the switch because it was free and I figured why not. When I got it back with a clean install on the ssd there is only 95 gigs free. The c drive says 95 free out of 129 total. I knew I wouldn't get the whole 180 but why only 129? Just wondered if this is normal or not as this is my first ssd.

It's a matter of multiplication. 2 to the 10th power is 1024, so numerically you get a so-called 180 (or what not) but since the OS reads storage in terms of powers of 2, you get a different number.
Now, on the other hand, 130 seems way too low. I would say to go to disc management and see if there's another partition. Since this is a laptop, it likely has a recovery partition (unless you know your old drive didn't have one).
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Recovery partition is indeed the most likely reason. Disk Management will show you what the full size of the storage device (SSD in your case) is, as well as what volumes ("drives") it contains, and whether there's any unpartitioned space. It will also let you delete and resize partitions.
The easiest way to launch it on Win8 is to right-click the Start button (or hit [Win]+x) and select Disk Management from the menu, although you can also type "disk" into Start search and go to Settings, or type "diskmgmt.msc" and hit [Enter] immediately.

Thanks for the replies. I will check into the disc management.
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Thanks guys I found the disc management and I see that there are 4 other partitions besides my c drive. Would anyone know what ones are safe to delete if any?
OEM : 260 mb
Recovery: 1.44 GB
EFI System: 260 mb
Recovery: 36 GB
Im assuming I should probably keep the OEM and EFI partitions but what about the two recoveries. I have a recovery flash drive which is how the os got flashed to this ssd in the first place.
Thanks again if anyone has time to help me out.

ROORnNUGZ said:
Thanks guys I found the disc management and I see that there are 4 other partitions besides my c drive. Would anyone know what ones are safe to delete if any?
OEM : 260 mb
Recovery: 1.44 GB
EFI System: 260 mb
Recovery: 36 GB
Im assuming I should probably keep the OEM and EFI partitions but what about the two recoveries. I have a recovery flash drive which is how the os got flashed to this ssd in the first place.
Thanks again if anyone has time to help me out.
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Both of the recoveries should be safe to delete, yea, though you'll have to resize the main partition (not hard, but not really for novices either) to get it back on there.

ROORnNUGZ said:
Thanks guys I found the disc management and I see that there are 4 other partitions besides my c drive. Would anyone know what ones are safe to delete if any?
OEM : 260 mb
Recovery: 1.44 GB
EFI System: 260 mb
Recovery: 36 GB
Im assuming I should probably keep the OEM and EFI partitions but what about the two recoveries. I have a recovery flash drive which is how the os got flashed to this ssd in the first place.
Thanks again if anyone has time to help me out.
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For the amount you gain I would suggest only deleting the 36 Mb partition. Do you really need the extra space?
One expands a partition by deleting the partitions that are not desired and then increasing the size of the active partition. It is not hard to do from the control panel. The only consideration is that to expand a partition, I believe the space has to be adjacent to the existing partition. This means that you may be limited as to which partitions can be retained and still provide a single space for your active partition.

Ok cool I think I will be safe to delete the 36 gig recovery since I have a recovery flash drive. I will look up some more info on deleting and expanding partitions. I'm no expert but I can handle following instructions so I should be able to figure it out. Thanks again.

Expanding a partition is trivial, although (as @stevedebi said) it has to be adjacent (specifically, it must be located directly before) a block of free space. Deleting a partition that is right after your C drive will easily let you expand the C drive. Just right-click the drive (in Disk Management) and select Extend (might be Expand, something like that; it'll be obvious). It will default to using the maximum available size; confirm that dialog and a few seconds late you will have a newly enlarged drive.

The recovery was located right after the c drive so I was able to expand the c drive but first I had to delete the recovery through the command line. I found some you tube instructions and it was easy.
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This is win8 right? Deleting the recovery partition means you can't boot into the recovery environment. Though I was under the impression the recovery partition needed to be only a GB at most, since the actual recovery tools are stored on the main partition.
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link68759 said:
This is win8 right? Deleting the recovery partition means you can't boot into the recovery environment. Though I was under the impression the recovery partition needed to be only a GB at most, since the actual recovery tools are stored on the main partition.
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Not sure about other systems, but my Toshiba has the option to make recovery media.
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I had already made a recovery flash drive using the sony software. This is what was used to install windows 8 on the ssd when it was put in. So I assumed that is as good as a recovery partition. Hopefully that is correct. I probably just can't use the refresh pc options anymore and would have to do a clean install with the flash drive. There is also still a 1.44 gig recovery partition that I left. So maybe that smaller one is made by windows and the larger one I deleted was from sony.