Many people have issues creating a bootable gparted solution.
There are 3 common ways to set up Gparted:
Bootable CD - A CD your computer will boot up from (instead of booting up to windows or whatever). Most modern PC's that have a CD support booting.
Bootable USB - A USB that can be booted from instead of windows. Most modern day PC's will support this too.
The above 2 are covered here: GParted -- Live CD/USB/PXE/HD
A VMware Virtual Machine - A VM that lives within Windows, meaning you don't need to create any bootable CD's or USB's
This is a little more complex, but it will also allow you to never need to create a bootable CD or USB again. See last paragraph
1) Download and install VMware Player (there are other VM's but this is Industry standard and IMHO the best around).
https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/?p=player&lp=1
You will need to sign up to get an activation. Don't worry about this, this is a proper enterprise solution provider, not some 2-bit, backdoor company.
2) Run through the installation and activation process if required.
3) Create a folder called "MyBootableISOs" Perhaps on C: so "C:\MyBootableISOs" where you will keep all your bootable CD images (.iso format). Put your gparted or alpharev ISO in there
4) Open VMplayer and click "create new virtual machine"
5) When Prompted, Select "I will install the Operating system later" and press next
6) When prompted what operating system you will install later, Select "other" and again in the drop down. > Next
7) Name the Machine "Bootable CDs" or "ISObooter" or something
8) The machine will take up a small amount of disk space, so ensure you are happy with the location it wants to use. Click > Next to pass this page
9) Select "store Virtual disk as single file"
10) Set Disk size as 0.5 or something low and press > Next
11) Select "Customize Hardware" and Highlight the CD Drive in the left hand pane
12) In the right hand pane, select "Use ISO Image" and browse to the folder you created earlier and select the .ISO. Click OK
13) Below the left pane, click Add and hightlight "USB Controller", Click > Next, Finish and OK
14) The machine will automatically start up in a new window. If it does not, you can play it from the main window.
15) Plug your phone in. You should get get a prompt that tells you how to add the device.
16) Add the device like shown in the prompt.
17) Go to Virtual Machine on the top bar > power > Power off. This will take you to the VMware start page. You are now set up.
Usage:
1) Highlight your Virtual machine "ISObooter" or whatever.
2) Connect the phone in recovery mode and select MOUNT USB MASS STORAGE
3) Virtual Machine > Power > Play Virtual Machine.
3) Check the icons on the bottom of the page. Hovering one of them Should say "High Android Phone" or something equally descriptive. You can see if the device is active or not by whether it is greyed out or not.
You can actually right click on this icon and select change icon. I Personally use the PDA icon
Now you are ready to partition.
Either use Lecter's video guide:
Gparted Video Guide
Or my step by step in the root memory FAQ:
If I wanted to, is there a step by step process?
This process is the same for alpharev. You just change the CD ISO to the alpharev one and boot the machine. It can be used for any bootable ISO. Another good ISO to have is Plop. If you download the plop iso and boot to that, it will allow the VMware machine to boot from USB too, something the VMware BIOS does not support. See attatchment for Plop
There are 3 common ways to set up Gparted:
Bootable CD - A CD your computer will boot up from (instead of booting up to windows or whatever). Most modern PC's that have a CD support booting.
Bootable USB - A USB that can be booted from instead of windows. Most modern day PC's will support this too.
The above 2 are covered here: GParted -- Live CD/USB/PXE/HD
A VMware Virtual Machine - A VM that lives within Windows, meaning you don't need to create any bootable CD's or USB's
This is a little more complex, but it will also allow you to never need to create a bootable CD or USB again. See last paragraph
1) Download and install VMware Player (there are other VM's but this is Industry standard and IMHO the best around).
https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/?p=player&lp=1
You will need to sign up to get an activation. Don't worry about this, this is a proper enterprise solution provider, not some 2-bit, backdoor company.
2) Run through the installation and activation process if required.
3) Create a folder called "MyBootableISOs" Perhaps on C: so "C:\MyBootableISOs" where you will keep all your bootable CD images (.iso format). Put your gparted or alpharev ISO in there
4) Open VMplayer and click "create new virtual machine"
5) When Prompted, Select "I will install the Operating system later" and press next
6) When prompted what operating system you will install later, Select "other" and again in the drop down. > Next
7) Name the Machine "Bootable CDs" or "ISObooter" or something
8) The machine will take up a small amount of disk space, so ensure you are happy with the location it wants to use. Click > Next to pass this page
9) Select "store Virtual disk as single file"
10) Set Disk size as 0.5 or something low and press > Next
11) Select "Customize Hardware" and Highlight the CD Drive in the left hand pane
12) In the right hand pane, select "Use ISO Image" and browse to the folder you created earlier and select the .ISO. Click OK
13) Below the left pane, click Add and hightlight "USB Controller", Click > Next, Finish and OK
14) The machine will automatically start up in a new window. If it does not, you can play it from the main window.
15) Plug your phone in. You should get get a prompt that tells you how to add the device.
16) Add the device like shown in the prompt.
17) Go to Virtual Machine on the top bar > power > Power off. This will take you to the VMware start page. You are now set up.
Usage:
1) Highlight your Virtual machine "ISObooter" or whatever.
2) Connect the phone in recovery mode and select MOUNT USB MASS STORAGE
3) Virtual Machine > Power > Play Virtual Machine.
3) Check the icons on the bottom of the page. Hovering one of them Should say "High Android Phone" or something equally descriptive. You can see if the device is active or not by whether it is greyed out or not.
You can actually right click on this icon and select change icon. I Personally use the PDA icon
Now you are ready to partition.
Either use Lecter's video guide:
Gparted Video Guide
Or my step by step in the root memory FAQ:
If I wanted to, is there a step by step process?
This process is the same for alpharev. You just change the CD ISO to the alpharev one and boot the machine. It can be used for any bootable ISO. Another good ISO to have is Plop. If you download the plop iso and boot to that, it will allow the VMware machine to boot from USB too, something the VMware BIOS does not support. See attatchment for Plop
