help with partition

Posted: 07-24-2004, 06:49 PM

walruspiebob

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I have one 60GB Hard Drive, which was partitioned into a 15GB partition(C) and a 37GB partition(D). There is another partition, but it's being for backup purposes or something, i cant find it windows explorer, but i know it's there.
When I bought the PC it was supposed to have a 60GB hard drive, and Best Buy offered to install Windows XP for free (or something), and I said yes. They partitioned the drive (which i didn't want) and installed windows to the 15GB partition. I just want one giant partition.
Question: How do I blend the partitions into one 57GB volume, without Third-Party Software, and without re-installing Windows XP (because i have no CD for it)?

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JAX

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Re: help with partition

Posted: 07-24-2004, 07:07 PM

"walruspiebob" <walruspiebob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Question: How do I blend the partitions into one 57GB volume, without

Third-Party Software, and without re-installing Windows XP (because i have
no CD for it)?

You can't! The only way to deal with partitions is either through
re-installing XP or using 3rd party software.

JAX

Ted Zieglar aka Rocky

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Re: help with partition

Posted: 07-24-2004, 08:36 PM

Cannot be done without third party software.

To combine partitions wihout loss of data, purchase Norton Partition Magic,
by Symantec. Information here:
http://www.symantec.com/partitionmagic/.

Friendly tip: Partition Magic is intended for advanced users. Read all the
directions very carefully, and have a complete backup before you start.

BTW: That hidden partition quite possibly contains the software needed to
reinstall Windows.

Ted Zieglar
formerly "Rocket J. Squirrel"

"walruspiebob" <walruspiebob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1D0A934C-F6CD-4A61-97B4-0B965AC923E5@microsoft.com...

> I have one 60GB Hard Drive, which was partitioned into a 15GB partition(C)

and a 37GB partition(D). There is another partition, but it's being for
backup purposes or something, i cant find it windows explorer, but i know
it's there.

> When I bought the PC it was supposed to have a 60GB hard drive, and Best

Buy offered to install Windows XP for free (or something), and I said yes.
They partitioned the drive (which i didn't want) and installed windows to
the 15GB partition. I just want one giant partition.

> Question: How do I blend the partitions into one 57GB volume, without

Third-Party Software, and without re-installing Windows XP (because i have
no CD for it)?

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