GParted
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 GParted 0.3.5 running on Ubuntu 8.04 | |
| Developer(s) | GParted developers |
|---|---|
| Initial release | August 26, 2004 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++ (gtkmm), C[1] |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Type | Partition editor |
| License | GNU GPL |
| Website | http://gparted.sourceforge.net |
GParted is a GTK+ front-end to GNU Parted and the official GNOME Partition Editor application besides Disks.
It is used for creating, deleting, resizing, moving, checking and copying partitions, and the file systems on them. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems (works with Windows Vista / 7 System & Data partitions), reorganizing disk usage, copying data residing on hard disks and mirroring one partition with another (disk imaging).
It uses libparted to detect and manipulate devices and partition tables while several (optional) file system tools provide support for file systems not included in libparted. These optional packages will be detected at runtime and do not require a rebuild of GParted.
GParted is written in C++ and uses gtkmm to interface with GTK+. The general approach is to keep the GUI as simple as possible and in conformity with the Human interface guidelines.[specify]
The GParted project provides a live operating system including GParted which can be written to a Live CD, a Live USB and other media.[2] The operating system is based on Debian GNU/Linux. GParted is also available on other GNU/Linux live CDs, including recent versions of Puppy, Knoppix and Parted Magic.
An alternative is disks.
Supported features
GParted supports the following operations on file systems (provided that all features were enabled at compile-time and all required tools are present on the system). The 'copy' field indicates whether GParted is capable of cloning the mentioned filesystem.[3]
| Detect | Read | Create | Grow | Shrink | Move | Copy | Check | Label | UUID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Btrfs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| crypt / LUKS | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| exFAT[4][5] | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| ext2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ext3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ext4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FAT16 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FAT32 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HFS | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| HFS+ | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| JFS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| swap | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| LVM2 PV | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| NILFS2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| NTFS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Reiser4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| ReiserFS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| UFS | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| XFS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cloning with GParted
GParted is capable of cloning by using the mousing gesture of copy and paste. GParted is not capable of cloning an entire disk, but only one partition at-a-time. When GParted performs its cloning operation, the filesystem being copied should not already be in use. GParted clones partitions at the filesystem-level, and as a result is capable of cloning different target-size partitions for the same source -- as long as the size of the source filesystem does not exceed the size of the target partition.[6]
See also
- Comparison of disk cloning software
- GNU Parted
- KDE Partition Manager
- List of disk cloning software
- List of disk partitioning software
- Partition (computing)
References
- ^ http://www.ohloh.net/p/32097
- ^ "Gparted Live CD". Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ^ "GParted Features". Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ^ Feature Requests: exFAT (aka FAT64)
- ^ Bug / Enhancement 639760 - exfat / fat64 support?
- ^ "Gparted Manual: Copying and Pasting a Partition".
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