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Deleting D partition, expanding C
Name: meHanni Date: January 13, 2004 at 15:19:58 Pacific OS: WinXP CPU/Ram: 1.4 Ghz P4 Centrino, 512
Comment:
I can see both of my Ntfs partitions in the disk management console in my computer management, and I'd like to delete my D: partition and expand my C: partition to take up the remaining space, how do I do that without loosing any data? the D: drive is empty....
Name: gometro33 Date: January 13, 2004 at 15:28:06 Pacific
Reply:
you need to use a partition wizard. your comp might have come with one but usually you ahve to buy them.
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Response Number 2
Name: meHanni Date: January 13, 2004 at 15:32:11 Pacific
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is that not something I can do with the Disk management tool in Windows XP? can you recommend a partitin wizard?
thanks
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Response Number 3
Name: Mark Long Date: January 13, 2004 at 15:39:17 Pacific
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just right click on the partition and Delete, eg.if it's a Logical Drive, choose Delete Logical Drive. In the Delete Drive dialog click yes. This should not effect any files on C:\drive but it's always best to have a backup.
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Response Number 4
Name: Mark Long Date: January 13, 2004 at 15:45:54 Pacific
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Sorry misread question. Please ignore reply.
Yes you'll need patitioning software. There is no re-size partition in XP.
I recommend PowerQuest "Partition Magic".
M
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Response Number 5
Name: Ewen Date: January 13, 2004 at 19:07:45 Pacific
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You must run PM from it's own bootdisks (two of them) but first copy all the information from D to C, defrag C and use PM to delete the D partition. This will create "empty space", now expand your C to fill the space.
Summary: Download the trial version of Partition Magic, and merge the partitions. YOur computer will restart, and the merge will take place. After the merge has take place, your D drive will now no longer be...
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