Re: Management of Partitions



Basically, if I understand your request, is that you want to:

1. Remove the Logical and All Extended partitions after E.
2. Move E: to the end of the now released free space.
3. Move D: to where E: used to be so that the free space is up against C:
4. Resize C: to include the free space.

Windows XP does not permit this. However, there are third-party products
that do.
I use System Commander (www.v-comm.com), others are PartitionMagic (I
believe Symantec product),
another Acronis True Image.

The cheapest and easiest I believe is System Commander. Any of them are a
good investment.

BTW: Consider creating a separate Swap partition depending on the size of
your new free space. Just leave some free space at the end of the drive
when moving everything around.


"Brian A." <gonefish'n@afarawaylake> wrote in message
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See if this helps:
http://www.goodells.net/multiboot/notes.htm#06

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"Wayne" <wgd.roaming@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a physical drive with three active partitions. Via XP's Disk
Management, I see two other partitions that at one time were used in a
Linux environment. The partitions do not have drive assignment, i.e. E,
F, G for instance. They are noted as Healthy (Unknown Partition). Right
clicking notes "Delete Logical Drive" (only, all other options are grayed
out). IF deleted, are they gone forever-or- is there space added to Free
Space?

Also . .

I have, C, D, and E. The two partitions noted above are beyond E. If
they, the above, can be added to Free Space (now 1.1 GB in size), I could
format them. If so, could I move stuff in E to the new partition, stuff
in D to what is now in E, and open up D to expand C? Better said, how do
I add Free Space to 'C'? Apps are in D and E. The 9.7 GB C is still
crammed with about 10% free space!

Wayne






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