Will Denny
April 26th 04, 01:41 PM
Hi John
3GB for a primary XP partition isn't enough - an initial XP install can =
up that amount when the pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys files are taken =
into consideration. Where did you get your info. from? A better size =
is 7-10GBs. If you want to extend the primary partition, a 3rd party =
program, such Partition Magic, will help you:
http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/
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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
"John S" > wrote in message =
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> The Windows XP book says that the system partition cannot be extended. =
Is there a (safe) utility that allows this or do I have to delete and =
reinstall everything. My system partition is 3GB, 50% more than =
recommended by Microsoft, but I am continually hitting is limits.
>=20
> Many thanks for any help
>=20
> John S
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3GB for a primary XP partition isn't enough - an initial XP install can =
up that amount when the pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys files are taken =
into consideration. Where did you get your info. from? A better size =
is 7-10GBs. If you want to extend the primary partition, a 3rd party =
program, such Partition Magic, will help you:
http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/
--=20
Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
"John S" > wrote in message =
...
> The Windows XP book says that the system partition cannot be extended. =
Is there a (safe) utility that allows this or do I have to delete and =
reinstall everything. My system partition is 3GB, 50% more than =
recommended by Microsoft, but I am continually hitting is limits.
>=20
> Many thanks for any help
>=20
> John S
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