Qtparted unmounting error!

[caveneo]

I installed qtparted for formatting my ntfs partition (sd5) to ext3. it says first to unmount and then make the operations i want. I am unmounting my partition and displays an error that it cannot unmount the partition.
What should i do?

[penguin.ch]

Re: Qtparted unmounting error!

I am unmounting my partition and displays an error that it cannot unmount the partition.

At first, make sure that nothing is accessing the partition in question, no application, no file manager, not even a console.

Otherwise, it would be a good idea to post the original error message - "quotations" could be missleading.

[440BX]

Re: Qtparted unmounting error!

I booted gparted on my XP laptop and it saw the XP partition as unmounted. Then shrunk the XP partition and added three more partitions, then apply and rebooted .
XPcame up fine.
Thanks UnicornRider for the info on the bootable iso d/l of gparted.

[SheeEttin]

Re: Qtparted unmounting error!

You can't (rather, shouldn't) unmount your partition you're running off of.

If it's not your in-use partition, you may find the "lazy unmount" option useful. It waits until things are done using the partition then unmounts it.