cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28921393
It may be too much to ask but here it goes:
I have temporarily installed LMDE6 on an HDD where I had a bit of free space, worked with it, experienced Steam with Proton and now I am convinced: I want to move to Linux from Windows for good.
Have another disk, an SSD in which most of the space is taken up by the Windows C: partition. Would like to move Linux there after shrinking the Windows partition a bit more than what it currently occupies now.
I have tried to do this with Paragon on Windows, but after restarting no change can be seen, despite no error being presented. Tried from Linux with GParted but all attempts end up with an error when running ntfsresize.
So
- What do I use to do this and how do I do it safely? 2.How do I move the content of my current Linux partition (less than 50 GBs) to that disk keeping the bootloader and everything else working? And what filesystem is best to use?
Thank you in advance for your help!
Safely? Do you have a backup of the files in that C drive? I f not, do a backup be fore you do anything else as there is always a risk (of losing all your files) when resizing a partition. Sorry that I cannot help more.
What can I use on Linux to do a backup, assuming it is more complicated than just moving files around?
The backup type you are aiming for is a full system backup, not just some files. You can do this e.g. with a Clonezilla live CD/USB system.
Does that mean I could back it all up safely on a USB, if I had one of the right size?
The medium isn’t that important. So I 'd say a large USB stick would be fine as well.
Clonezilla is a bootable live Linux for backup purposes, like e.g. Acronis True Image or others.