Hi folks
not sure why not many do this but unless you directly need to modify the windows partition itself (or the running HOST OS) why not run a stand alone partitioner as a VM, and simply pass any USB attached disk to it as a physical USB device e.g by re-direct USB device or as a physical USB, and internal HDD partitions as physical disks.
Works a treat --using GPARTED here with a 450GB external USB attached to the VM.

The VM config :

Saves lots of times messing about with booting stand alone partitioners. I know HYPER-V hosts can attach USB and physical disks / partitions as well as VMWare too. Simply set boot from the iso image, and even if the VM requires Disk storage - you can just allocate it a tiny amount - it's not used anyway.
Gparted is particularly good as it handles almost any file system known to man, copies / resizes partitions, and on boot you can select language and keyboard.
Cheers
jimbo
not sure why not many do this but unless you directly need to modify the windows partition itself (or the running HOST OS) why not run a stand alone partitioner as a VM, and simply pass any USB attached disk to it as a physical USB device e.g by re-direct USB device or as a physical USB, and internal HDD partitions as physical disks.
Works a treat --using GPARTED here with a 450GB external USB attached to the VM.

The VM config :

Saves lots of times messing about with booting stand alone partitioners. I know HYPER-V hosts can attach USB and physical disks / partitions as well as VMWare too. Simply set boot from the iso image, and even if the VM requires Disk storage - you can just allocate it a tiny amount - it's not used anyway.
Gparted is particularly good as it handles almost any file system known to man, copies / resizes partitions, and on boot you can select language and keyboard.
Cheers
jimbo
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