Re: Increasing size of my OS partiton?
- From: "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:58:49 +0200
"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote:
"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote:
"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'd appreciate some advice on increasing the size of my OS partition
(C:) please. Not only is it getting a bit short of working space, but
for some reason it appears I have significant 'unallocated' space.
This is the state at present:
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s247/terrypin999/Discussion/Drives-11Oct2007.gif
I'm going to have to take this slowly, because it's years since I used
Partition Magic 7 to set up the partitions shown in that screenshot.
I'll have to re-learn some basics. (As an aside, note that the
exception is that external 160 GB Iomega drive I:, which my son gave
me recently. As I'm still on XP SP1, it's incredibly slow. After doing
a major backup of about 110 GB, taking around 38 hours, I don't
actively use it. It has its own power supply, so presumably it's not
affecting my system in any way?)
Anyway, back on topic, I'm a bit nervous after just doing a few hours
googling, and reading of various unhappy results some users have had
with PM. Even the later version, PM8, which I gather is supposed to be
better with XP than my version. Yet some other users praise it highly.
What's the consensus from the experts please? Can I reliably use PM 7
for this, despite C: being my active partition? Should I first use the
other PowerQuest program I have, Drive Image 2002, to make a fresh
identical COPY (not an image) of C: onto E:? The copy on it at present
is *very* old, as it's not a trivial job making it. So that in the
event of disaster I could boot from that instead.
Any help/advice would be much appreciated please.
--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
PQMagic programs are very reliable and it is very unlikely
that something goes wrong. However, accidents do happen
and if you want to be absolutely sure that things go to plan
then you must take an image file before you go ahead with
the resizing.
Why not a COPY as per my suggestion?
If I make an image, should I use PM 7 for that? And what's the best
place to locate it please?
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Terry, East Grinstead, UK
- It depends on what you mean by "COPY". Please supply full
details of how you intend to make such a copy.
As mentioned, using PQ Drive Image 2002. I'll have to study the
instructions very carefully because, as I said, it's years since I
made E with it.
- I said in my previous reply that PM7 is a reliable program.
- I also said in my previous reply where you should park the image file.
OK, missed that, now understood - anywhere other than Disk 0.
--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
Use the latest copy of PQDI you have, then make an image
file or a copy - it does not really matter. I prefer image files
because they do not require a whole partition. They can be
parked anywhere.
.
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