Expanded my Windows 7 dual boot partition with gparted and now I cannot login to my account?

[flex_designs]

I was getting tired of Windows 10 so I shrunk the partition and created a new one, then installed Windows 7 Ultimate N on it. Everything was working fine and I was transferring files across (copy some files over, shrink the Windows 10 partition and then expand the Windows 7 partition).

I expanded my Windows 7 partition with gparted and am now having problems logging back in. When I log in it takes ages to prepare desktop and then it starts with nothing loaded so I have to Ctrl+Alt+Del to start task manager and then run tasks through that. When I start explorer it tells me that I am on a guest account so I am without access to file explorer, control panel etc.

I enabled the hidden administrator account by launching startup USB disk and launching comand prompt with startup repair. I logged into that account and had the same problems as I did when I logged into my local admin account (guest account) but I created another user account without admin priviliges via running netplwiz. Hpwever, when I try to login to the user account without admin priviliges it just logs me out again instantly.

Thanks for reading.

 

[t53186]

Um..Once you create a partition for an operating system its a good idea to leave it alone and not resize it. Try using windows tools for Disk management and user account creation..you will get better, and predictable results.

 

[flex_designs]

Um..Once you create a partition for an operating system its a good idea to leave it alone and not resize it. Try using windows tools for Disk management and user account creation..you will get better, and predictable results.

You can't resize a partition with Windows installed on it via Disk Management and I did use Windows for user account creation so not sure what you mean?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

"You can't resize a partition with Windows installed on it via Disk Management"

Not true, it depends on the partition layout & which way you want to go (ie shrink or extend), but it can be done.
It's not the Windows installation that prohibits it.

However, it's always wise to have an entire HDD backup just in case it goes tits up.
And, granted, many people do prefer to perform such tasks outside of Windows (using third-party software).

 

[flex_designs]

"You can't resize a partition with Windows installed on it via Disk Management"

Not true, it depends on the partition layout & which way you want to go (ie shrink or extend), but it can be done.
It's not the Windows installation that prohibits it.

However, it's always wise to have an entire HDD backup just in case it goes tits up.
And, granted, many people do prefer to perform such tasks outside of Windows (using third-party software).

Ah ok thanks for the correction.