Re: Partition Magic?

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Posted by Richard G on February 23, 2007, 10:39 am

The laptop this is coming from has only a 20Gb HDD that is presently
partitioned into two halves. I can managed to delete the second partition
with the Win XP disc management tools but not then resize the C partition to
make use of the other space. Should I be able to or do I still need a
partition manager?

thanks
Richard
PS
I've backed all the data up but nothing of the system

"Dana Cline - MVP" wrote:

> Depends on if you want to create/delete partitions only, or if you want to
> "resize" existing partitions. You can easily create/delete/manage by
> right-clicking on My Computer, selecting Manage. Once the window comes up,
> select Disk Management in the tree at the left. You'll see all your drives
> and their partitions on the right side.
>
> If your C: is all one huge partitions, you'll want something like Partition
> Magic to shrink it so you can create more partitions.
>
> Dana Cline - MVP
>

> > Can I remove partitions with no problem using XP's Computer Management, or
> > would I be further ahead to use Symantec Partition Magic? What about
> > creating partitions? I do not want to loose my C: drive as I do not plan

> to

> > reinstall the OS. Thanks, Bill

>
>
>

Posted by Richard G on February 23, 2007, 2:46 pm

Firstly I've partially answered my own question from a reply further down the
list.
Secondly I'm having such grief from the partition manager saying that volume
C is in use that I've deleated it for the present

What is involved in doing the destructive version of reformat given that
I've just had a brand new 400Gb hard drive that's just waiting for something
to put on it. Can I just copy the whole of the c drive, re format with 2
unequal partitions and then paste everything back

Richard

"Richard G" wrote:

> The laptop this is coming from has only a 20Gb HDD that is presently
> partitioned into two halves. I can managed to delete the second partition
> with the Win XP disc management tools but not then resize the C partition to
> make use of the other space. Should I be able to or do I still need a
> partition manager?
>
> thanks
> Richard
> PS
> I've backed all the data up but nothing of the system
>
> "Dana Cline - MVP" wrote:
>

> > Depends on if you want to create/delete partitions only, or if you want to
> > "resize" existing partitions. You can easily create/delete/manage by
> > right-clicking on My Computer, selecting Manage. Once the window comes up,
> > select Disk Management in the tree at the left. You'll see all your drives
> > and their partitions on the right side.
> >
> > If your C: is all one huge partitions, you'll want something like Partition
> > Magic to shrink it so you can create more partitions.
> >
> > Dana Cline - MVP
> >

> > > Can I remove partitions with no problem using XP's Computer Management, or
> > > would I be further ahead to use Symantec Partition Magic? What about
> > > creating partitions? I do not want to loose my C: drive as I do not plan

> > to

> > > reinstall the OS. Thanks, Bill

> >
> >
> >

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