Hey i will provide an error Message tomorrow but for now I need to know if you shrink a partition in the installer will the data stored at the end of the partition be lost or moved to free sectors I made sure there is 40gb of space in the partition and shrunk it by 30gb. But now the partition cannot…

Do you have access to boot into Windows and run a chkdsk on the NTFS filesystem? Did you only “shrink” the partition, or did you also “shift” where it begins?

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[image] Langeundweile: I need to know if you shrink a partition in the installer will the data stored at the end of the partition be lost Yes they are lost. Resizing a partition always carries the risk data loss - especially if data is located at the end of the partition. Always perform the…

I only shrunk it the free space I used for the majaro install. I’ll try. @maycne.sonahoz I’ll add the error message in a bit.

Ntfsfix has done it. It just corrupted the partition table. Thanks for your time anyways.

NTFS partition unmountable after resize during installation

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maycne.sonahoz 27 July 2022 05:14 3

Do you have an error when you try to mount it?