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whizbangcrash
I've been trying to read the literature that accompanies
WinXP regarding disk management (or manglement? let's
hope not) utilities. I'm having a hard time sorting out
all the terminology. Before i experiment and lose all my
data, perhaps someone can tell me if this sounds right?
I have a 20 GB HD. Its divided into 3 partitions, or
rather 2 partitions (1 primary and 1 extended), and the
extended partition is further divided up into 2 logical
drives.
Two of the volumes (is the the right term?) are formatted
in FAT32, that being the primary partion and the first
logical drive. The last logical drive has not been
formatted at all.
Here's my goal:
- I want to format the last logical drive (aka F)
in NTFS.
- then i want to move the data from the first logical
drive (aka E) to the second, newly formatted drive, F.
- next i will format E in NTFS, it being empty from
its contents being moved to F
- then i will move the contents of F back to E, both of
these volumes now being NTFS
- finally i want to somehow merge the two volumes
(from the literature i'm assuming that would require
deleting F and extending E)
In other words, i have an extended partition, half of
which is used and formatted in FAT32, and i want to end
up with the entire partition being available and formatted
in NTFS.
Oh yeah -- and its crucial i don't lose my data.
The first question: is this possible?
Next: am i on the right track? I mean, am i describing
the process correctly?
Lastly: any helpful advice?
thanks.
~b
WinXP regarding disk management (or manglement? let's
hope not) utilities. I'm having a hard time sorting out
all the terminology. Before i experiment and lose all my
data, perhaps someone can tell me if this sounds right?
I have a 20 GB HD. Its divided into 3 partitions, or
rather 2 partitions (1 primary and 1 extended), and the
extended partition is further divided up into 2 logical
drives.
Two of the volumes (is the the right term?) are formatted
in FAT32, that being the primary partion and the first
logical drive. The last logical drive has not been
formatted at all.
Here's my goal:
- I want to format the last logical drive (aka F)
in NTFS.
- then i want to move the data from the first logical
drive (aka E) to the second, newly formatted drive, F.
- next i will format E in NTFS, it being empty from
its contents being moved to F
- then i will move the contents of F back to E, both of
these volumes now being NTFS
- finally i want to somehow merge the two volumes
(from the literature i'm assuming that would require
deleting F and extending E)
In other words, i have an extended partition, half of
which is used and formatted in FAT32, and i want to end
up with the entire partition being available and formatted
in NTFS.
Oh yeah -- and its crucial i don't lose my data.
The first question: is this possible?
Next: am i on the right track? I mean, am i describing
the process correctly?
Lastly: any helpful advice?
thanks.
~b