Resizing partitions

[Bob W.]

My HDD is divided in to two partitions, C and D; how do I
reduce the size of one and increase the other? Also, how
do I change the primary partition so it will boot from
that partition? I have gone into device manager, but
cannot do anything except look at "properties".
Thank you.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

You would be better off using a 3rd party specialised partition program:

Partition Magic - http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/

 

[Ron Sommer]

You have to use third party software to alter the partition containing the
operating system.
Or reinstall Windows.

 

[Gordon]

My HDD is divided in to two partitions, C and D; how do I
reduce the size of one and increase the other? Also, how
do I change the primary partition so it will boot from
that partition? I have gone into device manager, but
cannot do anything except look at "properties".
Thank you.

You need a third-party application. XP will not do this natively.

 

[Jose Francisco]

Greetings,

Try using a 3rd party software like "Partition Magic" -
http://www.powerquest.com/

Thanks and best of luck!
Jose Francisco

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[Barry Watzman]

The best way to do that by far is with Partition Magic, a 3rd party
program. If the drive is "large" (more than about 80 gigs), be sure to
use a very recent version.

 

[Alex Nichol]

My HDD is divided in to two partitions, C and D; how do I
reduce the size of one and increase the other? Also, how
do I change the primary partition so it will boot from
that partition?

You have to use third party software. Commercial product is Partition
Magic; What I use is BootIT NG, from http://www.BootitNG.com ($35
shareware - 30 day full functional trial)

Download, to its own folder, extract from the zip, run the bootitng to
make a boot floppy.

Boot the floppy, Cancel Install, entering maintenance, then click on
Partition work. In the center pane, highlight the drive which you want
to reduce, click Resize, to size as desired. Then, as you can only
resize the other into free space that is *after* it, highlight the
second of the two, use slide to ensure that there is no free space in
front if that is the one you want to expand, or after it if you want to
expand the first one, , and then select and resize up