How safe is GParted when resizing Linux and Windows partitions?

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Published on 2012-06-21T06:30:11Z Indexed on 2012/06/21 15:23 UTC
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I want to resize my partitions: I have 3 partitions:

Ubuntu 10.04
Windows Seven
Ubuntu 11.10

It's booting with the boot installed by the Ubuntu 11.10 version.

I want to expand (only expand) all the 3 partitions.

My HD is 1,8 Tb so it's big and I have no possibility to save before expanding.

So my question is: if you tell me GParted work 99,99 % of the time, I'm willing to take the risk. If you tell me GParted work 90 % of the time, I won't take that risk.

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