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Changing the size of partitions shouldn't be done when an OS is loaded as
partitions are maintained at a level below the OS. Partition Manager (PM)
boots from a CD or the hard disk before the OS, or from a floppy. It has a
GUI for those who are intimidated by command line stuff. After changing a
partition on a disk on which Windows is booted from the MBR, check disk or
its equivalent should be run before the OS is loaded to ensure all is ok.
Colin West
-----Original Message-----
From: Jimmy [mailto:jhsnowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 6:12 PM
To: Omega-List; Tom Mcmahon
Subject: Re[2]: OT - off topic - hard drive swap
Tom,
Sure if Windows is working ok I use Partition Magic. Works great if
you need to partition or a bunch of other things. I'm sure there are
other partition programs but that is the one I've used for a few years
and it works.
Jimmy
Wednesday, October 27, 2004, 6:57:27 PM, you wrote:
TM> Is it possible to partition an existing hard drive without erasing the
data,
TM> or will that process inevitably erase it? You could archive all
documents
TM> etc. onto another disc, but what a pain to re-install the OS and all
other
TM> apps.
TM> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
TM> Tom McMahon
TM> dither@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
TM> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
TM> on 10/27/04 Alex Matulich wrote:
>> Fortunately I partition my hard drive...
>> and I *never* keep any of my own work, projects, or data on the
>> C: partition. All that's on the C partition are the OS and my
>> applications, which I can easily re-install if I reformat the C
>> partition.
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Best regards,
Jimmy mailto:jhsnowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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