How to expand my deepin disk/file?
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galvanize
deepin
2018-08-10 10:09
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Hi, I have deepin installed inside windows.
The boot is made by windows!
Inside my C:\ I have
C:\deepin

Where the instalation is.
There is a folder called DISKS and inside this folder there is a root.disk file. This file is the disk of Deepin.

How do I expand the disk of deepin? I need to expand the size of this file.
In Gparted don't allow to expand. Windows see deepin disk as a file.
Atention this is installed INSIDE windows with the deepin install tools.

Is it possible to expand deepin file/disk?

Best Regards
AJ

(by the way, it was userfull to have borders on subtitles using deepin movie aplication)
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oscararg
deepin
2018-08-10 11:50
#1
Yes, download Gparted, not the app, the distro, Gparted live, create an usb bootable and run it.
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galvanize
deepin
2018-08-10 16:16
#2
https://bbs.deepin.org/post/166990
Yes, download Gparted, not the app, the distro, Gparted live, create an usb bootable and run it.

Not solved, Gparted just show me the whole disk. Not showing the file root.disk that I need to expand.
My Deepin root disk is just a file stored on C:\deepin\disks\root.disk (Windows - NTFS)
This file is with +-30GB and I need to expand it.
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oscararg
deepin
2018-08-10 16:41
#3
From Windows, reduce the partition's space (the Windows one), then enter on Gparted live and add the new empty space generated to Deepin partition, and, Deepin partition is an Ext4 one, in a normal installation it must be separated from Windows NTFS one.
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galvanize
deepin
2018-08-11 02:42
#4
https://bbs.deepin.org/post/166990
From Windows, reduce the partition's space (the Windows one), then enter on Gparted live and add the ...

You are not understanding. I have no EXT partition. My disk is NTFS and deepin just represents some files inside windows. On boot a file called root.disk is mounted like if it was a virtual machine. It is what happens when the deepin installation is made inside windows like in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9CtS251bv0
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oscararg
deepin
2018-08-11 05:25
#5
https://bbs.deepin.org/post/166990
You are not understanding. I have no EXT partition. My disk is NTFS and deepin just represents som ...

Didn't knew that form of installing Deepin existed, similar of what had Ubuntu before... No, if the distro is installed inside Windows, a partition manager like Gparted nothing have to do with that, as it isn't a partition.
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oscararg
deepin
2018-08-11 05:28
#6
https://bbs.deepin.org/post/166990
You are not understanding. I have no EXT partition. My disk is NTFS and deepin just represents som ...

Didn't knew that form of installing Deepin existed, similar of what had Ubuntu before... No, if the distro is installed inside Windows, a partition manager like Gparted nothing have to do with that, as it isn't a partition.
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galvanize
deepin
2018-08-11 23:24
#7
https://bbs.deepin.org/post/166990
Didn't knew that form of installing Deepin existed, similar of what had Ubuntu before... No, if th ...

Exactly! But should be a way to increase the disk... (in this case the root.disk file)
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s***[email protected]
deepin
2018-08-22 04:01
#8
I think You cant Merge Your Sub Disk In Root Disk
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