Resizing Partitions with PartitionMagic

[Charliec]

I have a 120GB Harddrive divided into 3 partition:
C - 21gb
D - 44gb
E - 47gb
I want to use PartitionMagic v8 to take 10gb from drive D and add it
to drive C. What is the be procedure using PartitionMagic to
accomplish that. Thanks for any insight.

Charlie
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Charliec

 

[Ted Zieglar]

Partition Magic comes with a detailed help file, as well as a user manual. In addition, the Symantec web site has a great deal of helpful information. I suggest you use these resources, since this newsgroup is for Windows XP.

Be aware that repartitioning a hard disk is an advanced manouver. Make sure that you understand clearly what to do before starting.

Ted Zieglar

 

[Richard Urban]

You want the "resize" option. Resize D: downward and resize C: upward. You
can lose information if you abort the process or have a power failure in the
middle of the procedure. Read the manual that was installed with the
program.

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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!

 

[Kerry Brown]

I have a 120GB Harddrive divided into 3 partition:
C - 21gb
D - 44gb
E - 47gb
I want to use PartitionMagic v8 to take 10gb from drive D and add it
to drive C. What is the be procedure using PartitionMagic to
accomplish that. Thanks for any insight.

As an addition to the two previous answers make a backup of any important
data on all of the partitions C,D, & E before doing anything. Changing
partition sizes can have unforeseen consequences which can include rendering
the whole drive unreadable. It is unlikely but it does happen.

Kerry

 

[NobodyMan]

I have a 120GB Harddrive divided into 3 partition:
C - 21gb
D - 44gb
E - 47gb
I want to use PartitionMagic v8 to take 10gb from drive D and add it
to drive C. What is the be procedure using PartitionMagic to
accomplish that. Thanks for any insight.

Charlie
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Charliec

Why are you asking here? PM is not a MS program, nor is partitioning
your HD truly a hardware problem. None of this is really related to
the group theme of XP and hardware.

 

[Richard Urban]

The question is asked here dozens of times because the operating system DOES
NOT have the built in capabilities to do resizing. It is a valid question.

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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!

 

[Ted Zieglar]

The question was: "What is the be procedure using PartitionMagic to accomplish that."

The name of this newsgroup is WindowsXP.

Partition Magic has a Help file. It also has a users manual.

Partition Magic is (currently) a product of Symantec, which has a knowledgebase that includes articles such as "Using the Resize a Partition task in PartitionMagic 8.0" (http://tinyurl.com/9p3ft), among other related topics. Symantec also has free online chat with a support technician.

Ted Zieglar

 

[Richard Urban]

I shall stop answering this type of question immediately. NOT!

Until the operating system has a built in facility to do resizing of
partitions I shall assist, when I can. You, of course, don't have to do
anything.

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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!

The question was: "What is the be procedure using PartitionMagic to
accomplish that."

The name of this newsgroup is WindowsXP.

Partition Magic has a Help file. It also has a users manual.

Partition Magic is (currently) a product of Symantec, which has a
knowledgebase that includes articles such as "Using the Resize a Partition
task in PartitionMagic 8.0" (http://tinyurl.com/9p3ft), among other related
topics. Symantec also has free online chat with a support technician.

Ted Zieglar

 

[Ted Zieglar]

You can answer questions about the Macintosh, if you like. Nobody's stopping you.

Ted Zieglar

 

[NobodyMan]

The question is asked here dozens of times because the operating system DOES
NOT have the built in capabilities to do resizing. It is a valid question.

The OS also does not have a built in capability to flash BIOS. I
suppose you think questions related to that are valid here? According
to your logic they are, although they clearly are NOT.

 

[Richard Urban]

Well gee! I hope you don't mind if I answer those also.

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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!

 

[NobodyMan]

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!


Well gee! I hope you don't mind if I answer those also.

Top posting...answering questions not related to the group.....

No, I guess I shouldn't mind. Most folks just don't pay attention to
the antics of the village idiot, after all.