Hello,
How do i safe reduce the size of windows partition (primary partition) to
customizable size?

i know partition magic 8.0 can be useful for this operations, but i want to
know how can i do it SAFE.

thank you before.

Nothing is safe. That is why any knowledgeable person will tell you to
backup - backup - backup!

You could have a power outage in the middle of the partition work. Your cat
could jump on the keyboard. Your dog could be chasing the cat and end up
pulling the plug out of the wall. You get the picture.

Backup - then work with the partitions. Version 8.01 is as safe as it gets
and I have never had any problems - and I resize dozens of partitions per
month.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"MehradSys" <MehradSys@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FE15187E-9CC0-4A93-A91D-5C3EE921FE93@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
> How do i safe reduce the size of windows partition (primary partition) to
> customizable size?
>
> i know partition magic 8.0 can be useful for this operations, but i want
> to
> know how can i do it SAFE.
>
> thank you before.
>
>

If partition magic was not safe to use, i'm sure they would not sell it!

I use it and so do many others, it's good and safe. (But nothing is
guaranteed)

Regards

John

"MehradSys" <MehradSys@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FE15187E-9CC0-4A93-A91D-5C3EE921FE93@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
> How do i safe reduce the size of windows partition (primary partition) to
> customizable size?
>
> i know partition magic 8.0 can be useful for this operations, but i want
> to
> know how can i do it SAFE.
>
> thank you before.
>
>

MehradSys wrote:

> Hello,
> How do i safe reduce the size of windows partition (primary partition) to
> customizable size?
>
> i know partition magic 8.0 can be useful for this operations, but i want to
> know how can i do it SAFE.
>
> thank you before.
>
>

There is no guarantee for this. You should always have a full and
complete backup.

Another program that does this is BootItNG.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

Mehrad

You are asking a question but not really explaining the problem as you have
already decided that the best solution is to resize the partition!

How large is your windows partition and how much free space is there in
that partition? Are you short of free disk space in another partition?

Many problems where free disk is inconveniently placed can be solved
without resizing partitions.

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


"MehradSys" <MehradSys@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FE15187E-9CC0-4A93-A91D-5C3EE921FE93@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
> How do i safe reduce the size of windows partition (primary partition) to
> customizable size?
>
> i know partition magic 8.0 can be useful for this operations, but i want
> to
> know how can i do it SAFE.
>
> thank you before.
>
>

John wrote:

> If partition magic was not safe to use, i'm sure they would not sell
> it!


It's hard for me to think of a statement with which I would disagree more.
*Many* products, of all kinds--not just software--are sold, and are unsafe.

The history of the marketplace has countless examples of this.


> I use it and so do many others, it's good and safe. (But nothing is
> guaranteed)


That last parenthesis is the key point. If you believe in its safety you
will be successful 90-something percent of the time.If you recognize that
something can always go wrong, you will realize that nothing is 100% safe,
and you will take appropriate steps--like backup--to protect yourself.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


> "MehradSys" <MehradSys@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FE15187E-9CC0-4A93-A91D-5C3EE921FE93@microsoft.com...
>> Hello,
>> How do i safe reduce the size of windows partition (primary
>> partition) to customizable size?
>>
>> i know partition magic 8.0 can be useful for this operations, but i
>> want to
>> know how can i do it SAFE.
>>
>> thank you before.

"John" <johnlee2509@btopenworld.com> writes:
>If partition magic was not safe to use, i'm sure they would not sell it!

If WindowsXP wasn't entirely bug free, I'm sure they would not sell it!

>I use it and so do many others, it's good and safe. (But nothing is
>guaranteed)

I spent a couple of weeks struggling with Partition Magic, trying to
resize a partition. In the end I finally torched the drive and started
over. You may have better luck. Trying this again later on a different
computer with BootIt NG did work, I almost fainted at that point. But then
more and more I expect software to be crap, based on decades of experience.

>Regards

>John

>"MehradSys" <MehradSys@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:FE15187E-9CC0-4A93-A91D-5C3EE921FE93@microsoft.com...
>> Hello,
>> How do i safe reduce the size of windows partition (primary partition) to
>> customizable size?
>>
>> i know partition magic 8.0 can be useful for this operations, but i want
>> to
>> know how can i do it SAFE.
>>
>> thank you before.
>>
>>

Hello, thanks all for asnwers,
Gerry Cornell, i think your questions can be clarity my problem and finally
help to solve my problem safe. My Windows partition (primary partition)
status: 38.09 GB (21 GB IS FREE) NTFS. Antother partitions: 19.11 GB NTFS
(12.89 GB IS FREE) and 19.12 GB NTFS (5.26 GB IS FREE). actually i want to
install another operation system such as windows 2000 SP4 or Windows 2003 on
the windows parrition. but i know install 2 OS on one parrtion can be cause
to change system functionally or more issues. also i dont like install on
another partitons. Now how dos diferent on your suggestions?

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

> Mehrad
>
> You are asking a question but not really explaining the problem as you have
> already decided that the best solution is to resize the partition!
>
> How large is your windows partition and how much free space is there in
> that partition? Are you short of free disk space in another partition?
>
> Many problems where free disk is inconveniently placed can be solved
> without resizing partitions.
>
> --
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
>
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> "MehradSys" <MehradSys@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FE15187E-9CC0-4A93-A91D-5C3EE921FE93@microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> > How do i safe reduce the size of windows partition (primary partition) to
> > customizable size?
> >
> > i know partition magic 8.0 can be useful for this operations, but i want
> > to
> > know how can i do it SAFE.
> >
> > thank you before.
> >
> >
>
>
>

Hello, thanks all for asnwers,
Gerry Cornell, i think your questions can be clarity my problem and finally
help to solve my problem safe. My Windows partition (primary partition)
status: 38.09 GB (21 GB IS FREE) NTFS. Antother partitions: 19.11 GB NTFS
(12.89 GB IS FREE) and 19.12 GB NTFS (5.26 GB IS FREE). actually i want to
install another operation system such as windows 2000 SP4 or Windows 2003 on
the windows parrition. but i know install 2 OS on one parrtion can be cause
to change system functionally or more issues. also i dont like install on
another partitons. Now how dos diferent on your suggestions??

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

> Mehrad
>
> You are asking a question but not really explaining the problem as you have
> already decided that the best solution is to resize the partition!
>
> How large is your windows partition and how much free space is there in
> that partition? Are you short of free disk space in another partition?
>
> Many problems where free disk is inconveniently placed can be solved
> without resizing partitions.
>
> --
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
>
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> "MehradSys" <MehradSys@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FE15187E-9CC0-4A93-A91D-5C3EE921FE93@microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> > How do i safe reduce the size of windows partition (primary partition) to
> > customizable size?
> >
> > i know partition magic 8.0 can be useful for this operations, but i want
> > to
> > know how can i do it SAFE.
> >
> > thank you before.
> >
> >
>
>
>

Mehrad

Why do you want to make your system dual booting? It makes a computer set
up very complex. What benefits are you hoping to gain?

I ran Windows 98 with Windows XP for some time. I gained little or no
benefit
and tied up hard disk space for no good reason. There are situations where
it is necessary but again look at the alternatives first.

Why install Windows 2000? It is now 5 years out of date.

I am not clear exactly what you mean by Windows 2003. Please explain?


--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



"MehradSys" <MehradSys@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ED7166F8-DE26-4528-A53D-B7B5DEE61944@microsoft.com...
> Hello, thanks all for asnwers,
> Gerry Cornell, i think your questions can be clarity my problem and
> finally
> help to solve my problem safe. My Windows partition (primary partition)
> status: 38.09 GB (21 GB IS FREE) NTFS. Antother partitions: 19.11 GB NTFS
> (12.89 GB IS FREE) and 19.12 GB NTFS (5.26 GB IS FREE). actually i want to
> install another operation system such as windows 2000 SP4 or Windows 2003
> on
> the windows parrition. but i know install 2 OS on one parrtion can be
> cause
> to change system functionally or more issues. also i dont like install on
> another partitons. Now how dos diferent on your suggestions??
>
> "Gerry Cornell" wrote:
>