John,
Thanks for the info. You are the second person to sugges using BootItNG. I'm
in the process of checking it out. I'm also considering doing as you
suggested...keeping the boot partition separate from the data partition.
Thanks again for your input. Much appreciated.
Mark DiRollo
"John John" wrote:
> You will have to use a third party utility to extend the partition into
> unallocated space. Disk partitioning utilities like BootItNg will do
> this for you.
>
> The partitioning scheme that you use is up to you, it's a tossup as to
> what is good or recommended. Personally I prefer to keep the operating
> system and all the programs on a single smaller partition and have the
> user data on a different partition.
>
> John
>
> Mark D. wrote:
>
> > I recently purchased a SeaGate 320gb hard drive and did a fresh install of XP
> > Home edition, downloaded all updates (including SP2). Unfortunately, Windows
> > only partitioned the first 128GB of the drive as the bootable sector, leaving
> > 170gb unpartitioned.
> >
> > Now, I understand that I can easily partition the last 170gb as a SEPARATE
> > partition using the that the computer management tool within Windows XP.
> > However, I think I'd prefer to extend the original partition (if possible) so
> > that the entire C volume shows the full capacity of the drive.
> >
> > I know that there are pros and cons to extending the original boot partition
> > vs. creatind a secondary partition and I'd be open to hearing from more
> > knowledgeable people on this matter.
> >
> > And, assuming I go ahead with extending the bootable sector to the maximum
> > of the drive's capacity, I would also be soliciting recommendations from any
> > respondents for RELIABLE utilitities/software apps that will help me achieve
> > this ONE SECTOR goal of mine.
> >
> > Thanks to all in advance...
> >
> > Best,
> > Mark D.
>
>
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