Recover empty space from NTFS partition in .img file [on hold]












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I have a snapshot of an old computers harddisk saved as an .img file. I have mounted it with sudo mount -o loop,offset=209715200 /usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img /mnt/tmp which works beautifully.



Here is the layout of the disk: (result of sudo fdisk -l /usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img)



Device                            Boot     Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type

/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img1 *         2048    409599    407552   199M  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img2         409600 937510911 937101312 446.9G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img3      937510912 976560127  39049216  18.6G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img4      976560128 976771119    210992   103M  c W95 FAT32 (LBA)


I am trying to recover any relevant files, so that I can delete the image, but am faced with an issue of not enough free space on the host system. I gather that the issue is that the "empty" space on the device is not empty in the file.



According to du -h /mnt/tmp I am using 252G



I have read several articles like Modifying files inside a snapshot (qemu img file) and Shrinking Raspberry Pi SD .img via Ubuntu Server (cli)



and the gist of it seems to be:




umount, resize, fdisk/parted, partprobe, fsck, and mount to check all is ok




But I am unsure whether these tools will work on an NTFS partition.




Update:



I have read an article about resizing an NTFS partition, but when I attempt running sudo ntfsresize --info /usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img2



I get the following error:




ERROR(2): Failed to check '/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img2' mount
state: No such file or directory Probably /etc/mtab is missing. It's
too risky to continue. You might try an another Linux distro.







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put on hold as off-topic by Rui F Ribeiro, RalfFriedl, Jeff Schaller, JigglyNaga, Romeo Ninov 12 hours ago


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    The question is about the internals and manipulating windows file systems
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    19 hours ago










  • @RuiFRibeiro thank you for retagging my question. I have updated the title as well, om order to avoid misconceptions.
    – JoSSte
    19 hours ago






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    You could try mounting it on Win VM which can be downloaded from MS site. Then simply use Windows' own defrag and resize the partitions. And after that trim the image file.
    – raspi
    19 hours ago






  • 1




    Windows people do not hang here much, you might be luckier asking this in superuser than here
    – Rui F Ribeiro
    19 hours ago






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    I have posted it on su
    – JoSSte
    18 hours ago
















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I have a snapshot of an old computers harddisk saved as an .img file. I have mounted it with sudo mount -o loop,offset=209715200 /usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img /mnt/tmp which works beautifully.



Here is the layout of the disk: (result of sudo fdisk -l /usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img)



Device                            Boot     Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type

/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img1 *         2048    409599    407552   199M  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img2         409600 937510911 937101312 446.9G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img3      937510912 976560127  39049216  18.6G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img4      976560128 976771119    210992   103M  c W95 FAT32 (LBA)


I am trying to recover any relevant files, so that I can delete the image, but am faced with an issue of not enough free space on the host system. I gather that the issue is that the "empty" space on the device is not empty in the file.



According to du -h /mnt/tmp I am using 252G



I have read several articles like Modifying files inside a snapshot (qemu img file) and Shrinking Raspberry Pi SD .img via Ubuntu Server (cli)



and the gist of it seems to be:




umount, resize, fdisk/parted, partprobe, fsck, and mount to check all is ok




But I am unsure whether these tools will work on an NTFS partition.




Update:



I have read an article about resizing an NTFS partition, but when I attempt running sudo ntfsresize --info /usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img2



I get the following error:




ERROR(2): Failed to check '/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img2' mount
state: No such file or directory Probably /etc/mtab is missing. It's
too risky to continue. You might try an another Linux distro.







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put on hold as off-topic by Rui F Ribeiro, RalfFriedl, Jeff Schaller, JigglyNaga, Romeo Ninov 12 hours ago


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  • 3




    The question is about the internals and manipulating windows file systems
    – Rui F Ribeiro
    19 hours ago










  • @RuiFRibeiro thank you for retagging my question. I have updated the title as well, om order to avoid misconceptions.
    – JoSSte
    19 hours ago






  • 1




    You could try mounting it on Win VM which can be downloaded from MS site. Then simply use Windows' own defrag and resize the partitions. And after that trim the image file.
    – raspi
    19 hours ago






  • 1




    Windows people do not hang here much, you might be luckier asking this in superuser than here
    – Rui F Ribeiro
    19 hours ago






  • 1




    I have posted it on su
    – JoSSte
    18 hours ago














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I have a snapshot of an old computers harddisk saved as an .img file. I have mounted it with sudo mount -o loop,offset=209715200 /usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img /mnt/tmp which works beautifully.



Here is the layout of the disk: (result of sudo fdisk -l /usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img)



Device                            Boot     Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type

/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img1 *         2048    409599    407552   199M  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img2         409600 937510911 937101312 446.9G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img3      937510912 976560127  39049216  18.6G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img4      976560128 976771119    210992   103M  c W95 FAT32 (LBA)


I am trying to recover any relevant files, so that I can delete the image, but am faced with an issue of not enough free space on the host system. I gather that the issue is that the "empty" space on the device is not empty in the file.



According to du -h /mnt/tmp I am using 252G



I have read several articles like Modifying files inside a snapshot (qemu img file) and Shrinking Raspberry Pi SD .img via Ubuntu Server (cli)



and the gist of it seems to be:




umount, resize, fdisk/parted, partprobe, fsck, and mount to check all is ok




But I am unsure whether these tools will work on an NTFS partition.




Update:



I have read an article about resizing an NTFS partition, but when I attempt running sudo ntfsresize --info /usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img2



I get the following error:




ERROR(2): Failed to check '/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img2' mount
state: No such file or directory Probably /etc/mtab is missing. It's
too risky to continue. You might try an another Linux distro.







filesystems ntfs disk-image







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I have a snapshot of an old computers harddisk saved as an .img file. I have mounted it with sudo mount -o loop,offset=209715200 /usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img /mnt/tmp which works beautifully.



Here is the layout of the disk: (result of sudo fdisk -l /usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img)



Device                            Boot     Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type

/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img1 *         2048    409599    407552   199M  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img2         409600 937510911 937101312 446.9G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img3      937510912 976560127  39049216  18.6G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img4      976560128 976771119    210992   103M  c W95 FAT32 (LBA)


I am trying to recover any relevant files, so that I can delete the image, but am faced with an issue of not enough free space on the host system. I gather that the issue is that the "empty" space on the device is not empty in the file.



According to du -h /mnt/tmp I am using 252G



I have read several articles like Modifying files inside a snapshot (qemu img file) and Shrinking Raspberry Pi SD .img via Ubuntu Server (cli)



and the gist of it seems to be:




umount, resize, fdisk/parted, partprobe, fsck, and mount to check all is ok




But I am unsure whether these tools will work on an NTFS partition.




Update:



I have read an article about resizing an NTFS partition, but when I attempt running sudo ntfsresize --info /usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img2



I get the following error:




ERROR(2): Failed to check '/usr/nasShare/Backups/hpster.img2' mount
state: No such file or directory Probably /etc/mtab is missing. It's
too risky to continue. You might try an another Linux distro.







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put on hold as off-topic by Rui F Ribeiro, RalfFriedl, Jeff Schaller, JigglyNaga, Romeo Ninov 12 hours ago


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put on hold as off-topic by Rui F Ribeiro, RalfFriedl, Jeff Schaller, JigglyNaga, Romeo Ninov 12 hours ago


This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:


  • "This question has been posted on multiple sites. Cross-posting is strongly discouraged; see the help center and community FAQ for more information." – Jeff Schaller, JigglyNaga









  • 3




    The question is about the internals and manipulating windows file systems
    – Rui F Ribeiro
    19 hours ago










  • @RuiFRibeiro thank you for retagging my question. I have updated the title as well, om order to avoid misconceptions.
    – JoSSte
    19 hours ago






  • 1




    You could try mounting it on Win VM which can be downloaded from MS site. Then simply use Windows' own defrag and resize the partitions. And after that trim the image file.
    – raspi
    19 hours ago






  • 1




    Windows people do not hang here much, you might be luckier asking this in superuser than here
    – Rui F Ribeiro
    19 hours ago






  • 1




    I have posted it on su
    – JoSSte
    18 hours ago














  • 3




    The question is about the internals and manipulating windows file systems
    – Rui F Ribeiro
    19 hours ago










  • @RuiFRibeiro thank you for retagging my question. I have updated the title as well, om order to avoid misconceptions.
    – JoSSte
    19 hours ago






  • 1




    You could try mounting it on Win VM which can be downloaded from MS site. Then simply use Windows' own defrag and resize the partitions. And after that trim the image file.
    – raspi
    19 hours ago






  • 1




    Windows people do not hang here much, you might be luckier asking this in superuser than here
    – Rui F Ribeiro
    19 hours ago






  • 1




    I have posted it on su
    – JoSSte
    18 hours ago








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The question is about the internals and manipulating windows file systems
– Rui F Ribeiro
19 hours ago




The question is about the internals and manipulating windows file systems
– Rui F Ribeiro
19 hours ago












@RuiFRibeiro thank you for retagging my question. I have updated the title as well, om order to avoid misconceptions.
– JoSSte
19 hours ago




@RuiFRibeiro thank you for retagging my question. I have updated the title as well, om order to avoid misconceptions.
– JoSSte
19 hours ago




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You could try mounting it on Win VM which can be downloaded from MS site. Then simply use Windows' own defrag and resize the partitions. And after that trim the image file.
– raspi
19 hours ago




You could try mounting it on Win VM which can be downloaded from MS site. Then simply use Windows' own defrag and resize the partitions. And after that trim the image file.
– raspi
19 hours ago




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1




Windows people do not hang here much, you might be luckier asking this in superuser than here
– Rui F Ribeiro
19 hours ago




Windows people do not hang here much, you might be luckier asking this in superuser than here
– Rui F Ribeiro
19 hours ago




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I have posted it on su
– JoSSte
18 hours ago




I have posted it on su
– JoSSte
18 hours ago










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