Use GParted for resizing Windows disk

[itsjareds]

Is there any way to run GParted on VirtualBox so that I can resize my actual Windows partition? GParted runs smoothly, but when it scans for disks, none are displayed. What do I need to change to allow priveleges to my Windows HDD?

[Sasquatch]

It's best not to do this through VB. It beats the purpose. Why not just get the liveCD from gparted itself, and boot that on your PC?

[itsjareds]

Because when I reboot my PC, it doesn't load the CD for whatever reason. I changed my BIOS settings to load my CD drives first, and my hard drive last. My CD drive makes some noise like it's running, but I think something happens and it just skips and runs Windows.

Do you know how to do it in VirtualBox?

edit: All that's on the disc is the GParted .iso, and it runs cleanly on VB.

[vbox4me2]

gparted might have a problem how your disks are accessed via the bios, some sata implementations go past gparted detection, set ide emulation if present.