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hi
my hard drive is currently partitioned 3 ways & i want to merge into one. I have removed all data on 2 which leaves the operating system etc on 1st partition. if i delete other 2 using partition amgic am i 100% safe that i wont lose data on drive C ?
Cheers
PM is a very powerful program that if used correctly you shouldn't have a problem. If used incorrectly you will lose it all. Suggest you use the backup disk function just in case.
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Although nothing is 100% safe, if you follow the directions carefully, you should be OK.
I had a similar problem recently and Wombat, a frequent poster here recommended "gpart" to me. I tried it and it worked like a charm! Very fast and smooth.
Download it free here:
Musky
If the voices inside my head paid rent, I'd be rich!
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You don't need a third party tool like PM to delete partitions or logical drives in XP. Use the OS' built-in disk management console. However, if I was you, I'll keep at least one of them -- for data backup -- rather than aiming to merge all three partitions into one.
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Sabertooth
Can WinXP expand the C partition to use all available space. I didn't think XP was capable of that. That said, I agree with Sabertooth. Keep the three partitions. Install all your programs on the second partition snd Ghost the first somewhere. When restoring the C drive all the programs on the D drive will still work. Imaging ONLY the C drive on a regular schedule and the D only when a new program is installed will make it much faster to perform the imaging. The third drive can be used for music and pictures and backup as the need arises.
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I am well aware of the fact that XP cannot natively merge used partitions, my thinking is that the OP realizes the compelling reason for maintaining at least two partitions vs only one; as was corroborated by OtheHill.
If he decides to do that, he wouldn't have the need for a third party disk management tool. All he needs to do is delete the 2nd & 3rd partitions using XP's built-in disk management snap-in & he'll have one free space equal in size to the sum of the 2nd & 3rd deleted partitions. That space he can then use as a backup partition for critical or miscellaneous data.
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I personally see no benefit to backing up data to another partition of the same drive. When drives fail it is usually a physical failure and it thus takes the WHOLE drive all partitions included! Why waste the time when you can get a second drive or an external one to back up data that would really be "backed up" to a safer location?
But, these are just our opinions, as per said, it's not answering the original question. :) LOL
Musky
If the voices inside my head paid rent, I'd be rich!
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Musky
I would say that backing up to a totally different drive is preferable to a different partition on the same drive I would guess that most problems folks have are with coruption or infection of the OS.
If the options are a third partition on the same drive or no backup I think you would agree that the third partition is preferable.
Personally I backup to both an external drive AND optical media.
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As I see it, any type of backup -- different partition or physical disk -- is better than none. The truth is, an independent backup disk -- internal or external -- is neither immune to physical/mechanical failure. As a matter of fact, I have a friend whose external multimedia disk bit the dust just after the one year mark, while his system disk of three years was still chugging along just fine.
Internal; external; optical; flash .... doesn't matter -- the crucial thing is to have some form of contingency backup in place, since it is not a matter of if: but when!
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