Dear all,

I have an XP professional addition, and have 2 logical drives C and D. I
would like to combine them together into one beigger logical drive. Can I
do that in XP (without having to buy Partition Magic and the likes)?

Thanks very much in advance,

Patrick

No, Windows XP does not include the ability to resize partitions. You will
need a 3rd party utility, such as BootIt Next Generation, www.bootitng.com,
$34.95 US, 30 day shareware, Partition Magic or a similar program.

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"Patrick Lam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Dear all,
>
> I have an XP professional addition, and have 2 logical drives C and D. I
> would like to combine them together into one beigger logical drive. Can I
> do that in XP (without having to buy Partition Magic and the likes)?
>
> Thanks very much in advance,
>
> Patrick
>
>
>

Yes and no. If you are willing to lose all of your programs (including your
OS) and data, you can re-partition your hard drive, then format it, the
re-install your OS.

Otherwise no, unless you do it with a 3rd party program such as Partition
Magic. There may also be some free third party partitioning programs, but I
do not know anything about them or how good (and how reliable) they are.

Caution: before doing anything, do a backup of all important data.

"Patrick Lam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Dear all,
>
> I have an XP professional addition, and have 2 logical drives C and D. I
> would like to combine them together into one beigger logical drive. Can I
> do that in XP (without having to buy Partition Magic and the likes)?
>
> Thanks very much in advance,
>
> Patrick
>
>
>