Re: Extend C:\partition past 1024 sectors.

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From: Donald McDaniel (orthocrossNOSPAM_at_cablespeedDOTcom.invalid)
Date: 08/26/04


Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 04:19:42 -0700

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:31:26 -0700, "Gordon B"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have 4 GB of free space in the active primary
>partition. When I try to enlarge the C:\ drive, using
>Partition Magic, a message window says "the partition
>crosses the 1024 cylinder boundary and may not be
>bootable.
>Will Windows XP OS work if the C:\ partition is larger
>than 1024 cylinders?
It sounds like you are using an older version of Partition Magic.
Since version 7, there has been no problem with such messages.

Donald L McDaniel
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