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Old 01-05-2006, 02:10 AM
TERRY
 
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If I have a hard disk with two partitions, is it possible to adjust the size
of those partitions inside of windows, or do I need to use a third party
software like partion magic?

Terry


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Old 01-05-2006, 02:10 AM
Peter A. Stavrakoglou
 
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"TERRY" <terry@schawe.com> wrote in message
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> If I have a hard disk with two partitions, is it possible to adjust the
> size of those partitions inside of windows, or do I need to use a third
> party software like partion magic?
>
> Terry


In order to resize a partition without losing all the data you will need a
third party application such as PartitionMagic.


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Old 01-05-2006, 02:10 AM
Squire
 
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I'm afraid you are stuck with getting Partition Magic or BootIt NG to change
the size of your partitions without losing any installed programs.

Jerry

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"TERRY" <terry@schawe.com> wrote in message
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> If I have a hard disk with two partitions, is it possible to adjust the
> size of those partitions inside of windows, or do I need to use a third
> party software like partion magic?
>
> Terry
>



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Old 01-05-2006, 02:10 AM
Ken Blake, MVP
 
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TERRY wrote:

> If I have a hard disk with two partitions, is it possible to adjust
> the size of those partitions inside of windows,



No. No version of Windows or DOS has ever had this ability.


> or do I need to use a
> third party software like partion magic?



Yes. Partition Magic is the best-known such program, but there are
shareware/freeware alternatives. One shareware product that gets good
reports from several MVPs (although I haven't used it personally) is Bootit
Next Generation.

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Old 01-05-2006, 02:11 AM
Jonny
 
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Can't be done in windows if one of those partition is a windows boot
partition, cannot be done by windows either. Forget windows.

http://www.v-com.com/product/Partiti...nder_Home.html

Have been using this in tandem with System Commander for over 3 years.
Including partition shrinking and expanding menu option.

Am not supporting v-com products per se. Just the two I've mentioned that I
know work on my PC. System Commander comes with Partition Commander. Has
no option for either to work in windows as it should be for booting and
partitioning.
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"TERRY" <terry@schawe.com> wrote in message
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> If I have a hard disk with two partitions, is it possible to adjust the

size
> of those partitions inside of windows, or do I need to use a third party
> software like partion magic?
>
> Terry
>
>



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Old 01-05-2006, 02:11 AM
Bob
 
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TERRY wrote:
> If I have a hard disk with two partitions, is it possible to adjust the size
> of those partitions inside of windows, or do I need to use a third party
> software like partion magic?
>
> Terry
>
>

Try Acronis Partition Expert Personal 2003. I got it from a free
magazine cd. I know it works perfectly in win98. I am just about to try
it in winxp, and I think it will work alright there. It resizes the
partition without loss.
Bob
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Old 01-05-2006, 02:11 AM
Bob
 
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TERRY wrote:
> If I have a hard disk with two partitions, is it possible to adjust the size
> of those partitions inside of windows, or do I need to use a third party
> software like partion magic?
>
> Terry
>
>

I can now confirm that Acronis works very well in Winxp. I have just
used it to resize my second partition without problems.
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