Partition Magic 8.0 help

[J]

I'm not too sure if this is the right place to post this, but I am
having a bit of trouble with Partition Magic 8.0.

I originally had my 30GB hard drive partitioned into a 3GB and 27GB
partitions. This was a mistake, as the 3GB partition contained all
the Windows and system files and quickly ran out of space. My friend
told me that Partition Magic would be able to resize the partitions
without having to reformat, so I installed it on my 27GB drive. The
larger partition had 15GB free, so I had Partition Magic take away 4GB
from the larger partition and add it to the smaller partition.
However, after the resizing, my larger drive is now listed as 0GB and
is unformatted.

Is there anything I can do to recover the files on the previously
larger drive? It's almost as if it's disappeared. Any help is
appreciated.

J

 

[duh]

yikes!

have your friend call PQ & explain how he let you use the program.

I'm sure they will understand & help.

duh

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

My guess is that you did NOT "resize" the partitions correctly. You have to
shrink the second partition by the amount you want to increase the first
partition by. I do this frequently and have never had any problems.

I am betting that you eliminated the 2nd partition and then increased the
size of the 1st. You also didn't create a new 2nd partition. That is why it
is listed as 0 mb and unformatted!