Hey folks,
I am looking for a Linux Distro that would allow me to not just for recovering data, but I'm looking for one that allows me to resize and create partitions - and to move data from one partition filesystem to another partition with a different file system (or something like that).
The reason that I'm asking is that I'm planning to turn my 8 year old desktop computer system - into a Linux File Server (or possibly a NAS device).
Here's what my proposed plan:
While many of you folks may realize that my plan isn't that "realistic", those are just my proposed plans at the moment.
Do you have any suggestions for my particular scenario and also, which particular Linux distro do you suggest for partitions/data recovery?
I am looking for a Linux Distro that would allow me to not just for recovering data, but I'm looking for one that allows me to resize and create partitions - and to move data from one partition filesystem to another partition with a different file system (or something like that).
The reason that I'm asking is that I'm planning to turn my 8 year old desktop computer system - into a Linux File Server (or possibly a NAS device).
Here's what my proposed plan:
- Back up all data on all drives into a separate folder on the first partition that is formatted with NTFS
- Create a Linux ext2/ext3 partition that will allow me to copy the data from the NTFS partition to the ext2/ext3 partition
- Remove the NTFS partition and reclaim the disk space that was formerly used by the NTFS partition and resize it towards the ext2/ext3 partition
While many of you folks may realize that my plan isn't that "realistic", those are just my proposed plans at the moment.
Do you have any suggestions for my particular scenario and also, which particular Linux distro do you suggest for partitions/data recovery?