Partition Removal/Shift

[CWLee]

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My W-2000/pro system came with an unpartitioned hard drive,
but was partitioned by a local firm which has since gone out
of business. The process resulted in my hard disk now being
a "dynamic" disk, instead of a "basic" disk. The software
"Partition Magic" does not work, per the instructions, with
dynamic disks. I'm looking for information to help me
increase the size of my partition-C, and reduce the size of
partition-D.

Any suggestions?

Many thanks.

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email address.)

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[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

(If this is the wrong newsgroup, please re-direct me.)

My W-2000/pro system came with an unpartitioned hard drive,
but was partitioned by a local firm which has since gone out
of business. The process resulted in my hard disk now being
a "dynamic" disk, instead of a "basic" disk. The software
"Partition Magic" does not work, per the instructions, with
dynamic disks. I'm looking for information to help me
increase the size of my partition-C, and reduce the size of
partition-D.

Any suggestions?

Many thanks.

Unfortunately it is not possible to convert a dynamic disk back
to a basic disk. Here are a few options, explained in broad terms.

a) Back up your data, repartition your disk, then reload Windows
and all applications.

b) Temporarily install the disk as a slave disk in some other
Win2000/XP PC, use xcopy.exe with the appropriate switches
to copy the system partition to a temporary area, delete and
recreate the system partition, then restore the system.

c) Boot the machine with a Bart PE boot CD (www.bootdisk.com),
and use xcopy as in b) above. Now boot the machine with a
Win98 boot disk (www.bootdisk.com) and run delpart.exe
(http://www.russelltexas.com/delpart.htm) to delete the dynamic
system partition. Use PQMagic to create a basic partition,
then use the Bart PE boot CD to restore your system.

Options b) and c) require an extra step to restore the Win2000
boot environment.

Post again if you need further details on any of these options.

 

[coal_brona]

Hi,

You should consider the fact that you can restore lost or erased
partitions using Active@ partition recovery tool. When I failed with
re-partitioning my drive and the partitions were gone this tool was
able to bring them back to life.

http://www.partition-recovery.com/

 

[Derek]

Hi guys found this on the web :

http://faq.arstechnica.com/link.php?i=1806

DT

 

[Guest]

Hello,
I suppose using Data Recovery tool - Partition Table Doctor or EASEUS
DataRecoveryWizard.
It is imho the best one among it's family. Easy to use and powerful.
It actually never failed me before. Recommended!

http://www.ptdd.com
http://www.easeus.com/