enlarge/merge drives

[Marko]

windows 2000 on c:
hard drive split between c: and d:
d: empty

I would like to enlarge c:, using the whole disk. Is there a way without
third party software, I seem to recall a solution involving doctoring a
hidden file?
Thanks,

--
Marko Jotic, MMCT Holdings Int. Inc.
"Common sense is anything but common".
From the notebooks of Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein.
Handmade knives, antique designs, exotic materials at
http://www.knifeforging.com/

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

windows 2000 on c:
hard drive split between c: and d:
d: empty

I would like to enlarge c:, using the whole disk. Is there a way without
third party software, I seem to recall a solution involving doctoring a
hidden file?
Thanks,

--
Marko Jotic, MMCT Holdings Int. Inc.
"Common sense is anything but common".
From the notebooks of Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein.
Handmade knives, antique designs, exotic materials at
http://www.knifeforging.com/

You have two options:
- Use third-party partitioning software, or
- Install the disk as a slave disk in some other Win2000 machine,
copy your current installation to a spare disk, repartition your
disk, copy everything back again, restore the boot process.
This method works but is very time consuming and requires
lots of experience. Acronis PartitionExpert looks very
attractive in comparison!

 

[Philippe L. Balmanno]

Isn't there a problem with certain boot-up files if they get moved beyond
the 8GB barrier in W2K or is that only with FAT32 and not NTFS?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

AFAIK this is not an issue with Win2000 SP4.

Isn't there a problem with certain boot-up files if they get moved beyond
the 8GB barrier in W2K or is that only with FAT32 and not NTFS?

 

[Marko]

Thanks, must think on this.

You have two options:
- Use third-party partitioning software, or
- Install the disk as a slave disk in some other Win2000 machine,
copy your current installation to a spare disk, repartition your
disk, copy everything back again, restore the boot process.
This method works but is very time consuming and requires
lots of experience. Acronis PartitionExpert looks very
attractive in comparison!

--
Marko Jotic, MMCT Holdings Int. Inc.
"Common sense is anything but common".
From the notebooks of Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein.
Handmade knives, antique designs, exotic materials at
http://www.knifeforging.com/