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Resizing Partition
Name: joeymzee Date: November 13, 2007 at 13:10:26 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 1gb Product: dell
Comment:
I have a hard drive with two partitions. Is there a way to resize the partitions without having to reformat???
Name: cliffpage Date: November 13, 2007 at 13:18:31 Pacific
Reply:
yes, many software programs can do it including Partition Magic. But I am not sure if there is anything Free around that can do it. Perhaps someone knows of a free download and can reccommend it. I would be wary of any free downloads that no one can personally reccommend from using it as your data is at risk.
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Response Number 2
Name: worldlibrary Date: November 13, 2007 at 13:31:45 Pacific
Reply:
Partition magic has a trial program.
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Response Number 3
Name: aegis Date: November 13, 2007 at 13:46:36 Pacific
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The trial version of Partition Magic lets you go through all the motions of doing something, but it does not actually make any changes.
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Response Number 4
Name: WebsWonder Date: November 13, 2007 at 13:51:07 Pacific
Above have paid for softwware, try the hard drive manufacturer they may offer software FREE.
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Response Number 5
Name: jefro Date: November 13, 2007 at 14:03:47 Pacific
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You don't even need to do it in XP. You could add the partition as a folder on to C:\
No matter what you do, I suggest that you do a complete backup with ntbackup with system state before you start.
I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you peanut.
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Response Number 6
Name: larryf215 Date: November 13, 2007 at 14:25:15 Pacific
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I have re-sized partitions with various operating systems already on them, about 10 times in the last 2 months using the Gpart tool on a puppy linux cd (free).
larry
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Response Number 7
Name: tambes Date: November 14, 2007 at 01:39:53 Pacific
Reply:
Gparted is an excellent full featured free partitioning tool as is PartedMagic.
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Response Number 8
Name: clive_pearce Date: November 14, 2007 at 07:09:43 Pacific
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