Firstly I've partially answered my own question from a reply further down the
list.
Secondly I'm having such grief from the partition manager saying that volume
C is in use that I've deleated it for the present
What is involved in doing the destructive version of reformat given that
I've just had a brand new 400Gb hard drive that's just waiting for something
to put on it. Can I just copy the whole of the c drive, re format with 2
unequal partitions and then paste everything back
Richard
"Richard G" wrote:
> The laptop this is coming from has only a 20Gb HDD that is presently
> partitioned into two halves. I can managed to delete the second partition
> with the Win XP disc management tools but not then resize the C partition to
> make use of the other space. Should I be able to or do I still need a
> partition manager?
>
> thanks
> Richard
> PS
> I've backed all the data up but nothing of the system
>
> "Dana Cline - MVP" wrote:
>
> > Depends on if you want to create/delete partitions only, or if you want to
> > "resize" existing partitions. You can easily create/delete/manage by
> > right-clicking on My Computer, selecting Manage. Once the window comes up,
> > select Disk Management in the tree at the left. You'll see all your drives
> > and their partitions on the right side.
> >
> > If your C: is all one huge partitions, you'll want something like Partition
> > Magic to shrink it so you can create more partitions.
> >
> > Dana Cline - MVP
> >
> > "Bill43" <Bill43.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:50495BDE-FD8C-424E-97D5-D403645071F8@microsoft.com...
> > > Can I remove partitions with no problem using XP's Computer Management, or
> > > would I be further ahead to use Symantec Partition Magic? What about
> > > creating partitions? I do not want to loose my C: drive as I do not plan
> > to
> > > reinstall the OS. Thanks, Bill
> >
> >
> > >> Stay informed about: Partition Magic? 
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