Can I repartition my logical drive?

Posted: 11-14-2003, 04:41 AM
Dear all,

I have an XP professional addition, and have 2 logical drives C and D. I
would like to combine them together into one beigger logical drive. Can I
do that in XP (without having to buy Partition Magic and the likes)?

Thanks very much in advance,

Patrick



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Re: Can I repartition my logical drive?
Posted: 11-14-2003, 05:43 AM
No, Windows XP does not include the ability to resize partitions. You will
need a 3rd party utility, such as BootIt Next Generation, www.bootitng.com,
$34.95 US, 30 day shareware, Partition Magic or a similar program.

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"Patrick Lam" <patrickl@tom.com> wrote in message
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> Dear all,
>
> I have an XP professional addition, and have 2 logical drives C and D. I
> would like to combine them together into one beigger logical drive. Can I
> do that in XP (without having to buy Partition Magic and the likes)?
>
> Thanks very much in advance,
>
> Patrick
>
>
>

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Re: Can I repartition my logical drive?
Posted: 11-14-2003, 05:58 PM
Yes and no. If you are willing to lose all of your programs (including your
OS) and data, you can re-partition your hard drive, then format it, the
re-install your OS.

Otherwise no, unless you do it with a 3rd party program such as Partition
Magic. There may also be some free third party partitioning programs, but I
do not know anything about them or how good (and how reliable) they are.

Caution: before doing anything, do a backup of all important data.

"Patrick Lam" <patrickl@tom.com> wrote in message
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> Dear all,
>
> I have an XP professional addition, and have 2 logical drives C and D. I
> would like to combine them together into one beigger logical drive. Can I
> do that in XP (without having to buy Partition Magic and the likes)?
>
> Thanks very much in advance,
>
> Patrick
>
>
>

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