I have WindowsXP.

I have installed a new 500Gb HDD and
restored, via NortonGhost12.0, all the data
from the "C" & "D" partitions of the old
damaged one.

I had to "allocate" the new HDD with space
for the old "E" partition. And I used
"Partition Magic V8" for this.

Strangely, Partition Magic has inserted an
"Extended" partition and this seems to
incorporate the "D" & "E" partitions.

Why did it do this? Can I get rid of the
"Extended" partition? Will this cause
trouble later on?

The list looks like this:

System C: NTFS 50Mb
(*) Extended 426Mb
Data D NTFS 50Mb
LocalDisk E: NTFS 377Mb



Please help, Frank

As you suspect, the logical partitions assigned D: and E: are
within the primary extended partition. It's probable that Ghost
created the extended during the restore for "D:". Whether it
did so on its own, or that was how the original drive was set up
is hard to say.

No, it won't cause any problems, and that is a normal configuration
for a Microsoft basic disk. The advantage of using a primary extended,
(as opposed to all simple primarys), is that you can configure more
than 4 partitions.

I would leave it as is is.



"Frank Martin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have WindowsXP.
>
> I have installed a new 500Gb HDD and restored, via NortonGhost12.0, all the data from the "C" & "D" partitions of the old
> damaged one.
>
> I had to "allocate" the new HDD with space for the old "E" partition. And I used "Partition Magic V8" for this.
>
> Strangely, Partition Magic has inserted an "Extended" partition and this seems to incorporate the "D" & "E" partitions.
>
> Why did it do this? Can I get rid of the "Extended" partition? Will this cause trouble later on?
>
> The list looks like this:
>
> System C: NTFS 50Mb
> (*) Extended 426Mb
> Data D NTFS 50Mb
> LocalDisk E: NTFS 377Mb
>
>
>
> Please help, Frank
>
>
>
>
>

Thanks, I will.
Frank


"Bill Blanton" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message
news:OT%(E-Mail Removed)...
> As you suspect, the logical partitions
> assigned D: and E: are
> within the primary extended partition. It's
> probable that Ghost
> created the extended during the restore for
> "D:". Whether it
> did so on its own, or that was how the
> original drive was set up
> is hard to say.
>
> No, it won't cause any problems, and that
> is a normal configuration
> for a Microsoft basic disk. The advantage
> of using a primary extended,
> (as opposed to all simple primarys), is
> that you can configure more
> than 4 partitions.
>
> I would leave it as is is.
>
>
>
> "Frank Martin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I have WindowsXP.
>>
>> I have installed a new 500Gb HDD and
>> restored, via NortonGhost12.0, all the
>> data from the "C" & "D" partitions of
>> the old damaged one.
>>
>> I had to "allocate" the new HDD with space
>> for the old "E" partition. And I used
>> "Partition Magic V8" for this.
>>
>> Strangely, Partition Magic has inserted an
>> "Extended" partition and this seems to
>> incorporate the "D" & "E" partitions.
>>
>> Why did it do this? Can I get rid of the
>> "Extended" partition? Will this cause
>> trouble later on?
>>
>> The list looks like this:
>>
>> System C: NTFS 50Mb
>> (*) Extended 426Mb
>> Data D NTFS 50Mb
>> LocalDisk E: NTFS 377Mb
>>
>>
>>
>> Please help, Frank
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>