Re: Partition Problem

Hi
I ahve used BootIt NG often.
The program works as advertised.After the download you expand it onto a
floppy and run the program from the floppy by means of a reboot.Do not
install...it will ask just say no and then you can run from the floppy.
Click the partition work icon and it will show your HD and your
Partitions.At this point you could delete that partion..and lose everything
thats on it...then add the space to the C partition....and reinstall all
programs that you had on D.
OR..........you could take some of the Empty space of the D partition remove
it from that partition and add it to the C partition........nothing would
be lost.The help file is quite informative

peter
"Big Jim" <jims01no@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you, one other question, will I have to reinstall any programs?

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Jim S

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Big Jim wrote:

My PC has the hard drive partitioned into two drives C: and D: done
by the manufacturer but C has 14.9 GB and D has 59.5 GB. C is almost
full. Since I dont like to deal with two drives how difficult would
it be to change this to one drive and is it something I could do with
the aid of a good program or should I seek professional help?


Unfortunately, no version of Windows provides any way of changing the
existing partition structure of the drive nondestructively. The only way
to do what you want is with third-party software. Partition Magic is the
best-known such program, but there are freeware/shareware alternatives.
One such program is BootIt Next Generation. It's shareware, but comes
with a free 30-day trial, so you should be able to do what you want
within that 30 days. I haven't used it myself (because I've never needed
to use *any* such program), but it comes highly recommended by several
other MVPs here.

Whatever software you use, make sure you have a good backup before
beginning. Although there's no reason to expect a problem, things *can*
go wrong.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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