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Delete/Resize Partition
Has anyone used partition magic ?
I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same drive but different partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I want to know if I can resize the smallest one, take the space from the biggest one. I don't care if I loose the data from hth big partition, I just don't want to format and loose the data form the smallest partition. Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about it ? I dont want to buy and waste my money. Thanks. |
Delete/Resize Partition
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:38:02 -0700, Jack
wrote: Has anyone used partition magic ? I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same drive but different partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I want to know if I can resize the smallest one, take the space from the biggest one. I don't care if I loose the data from hth big partition, I just don't want to format and loose the data form the smallest partition. Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about it ? I dont want to buy and waste my money. Yes, Partition Magic does that, as do a number of other programs. Partition Magic is the best-known such program, but there are freeware/shareware alternatives. One such program is BootIt Next Generation. It's shareware, but comes with a free 30-day trial, so you should be able to do what you want within that 30 days. I haven't used it myself (because I've never needed to use *any* such program), but it comes highly recommended by several other MVPs here. Whatever software you use, make sure you have a good backup before beginning. Although there's no reason to expect a problem, things *can* go wrong. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
Delete/Resize Partition
"Jack" wrote in message
... Has anyone used partition magic ? I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same drive but different partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I want to know if I can resize the smallest one, take the space from the biggest one. I don't care if I loose the data from hth big partition, I just don't want to format and loose the data form the smallest partition. Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about it ? I dont want to buy and waste my money. Thanks. I can vouch for BootIT NG - it seemed to work when a version of Partition Magic I had (admittedly an old version) seemed to screw up the reported sizes of the new partitions I made.... |
Delete/Resize Partition
Partion Magic can resize adjacent partitions. I have used it to do that under 98 and XP.
However, it will NOT erase files. You must do that yourself, before using it. But, it can format a partition, and that effectively erases all the files, and is faster than the erase command. XP can also format partitions. A short format should suffice. One caution: XP assumes that the following files are on the C:\ partition, even if XP is installed on another partition. Never erase these files ! ntdetect.com ntldr boot.ini Further, the contents of BOOT.INI must correctly point to the XP installation. "Jack" wrote in message ... Has anyone used partition magic ? I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same drive but different partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I want to know if I can resize the smallest one, take the space from the biggest one. I don't care if I loose the data from hth big partition, I just don't want to format and loose the data form the smallest partition. Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about it ? I dont want to buy and waste my money. Thanks. |
Delete/Resize Partition
Jack
More information on BootIt Next Generation http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/examples.html -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:38:02 -0700, Jack wrote: Has anyone used partition magic ? I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same drive but different partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I want to know if I can resize the smallest one, take the space from the biggest one. I don't care if I loose the data from hth big partition, I just don't want to format and loose the data form the smallest partition. Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about it ? I dont want to buy and waste my money. Yes, Partition Magic does that, as do a number of other programs. Partition Magic is the best-known such program, but there are freeware/shareware alternatives. One such program is BootIt Next Generation. It's shareware, but comes with a free 30-day trial, so you should be able to do what you want within that 30 days. I haven't used it myself (because I've never needed to use *any* such program), but it comes highly recommended by several other MVPs here. Whatever software you use, make sure you have a good backup before beginning. Although there's no reason to expect a problem, things *can* go wrong. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
Delete/Resize Partition
I just use MiniTool Partition Wizard software,which is well
On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:38 PM Jac wrote: Has anyone used partition magic ? I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same drive but different partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I want to know if I can resize the smallest one, take the space from the biggest one. I don't care if I loose the data from hth big partition, I just don't want to format and loose the data form the smallest partition. Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about it ? I dont want to buy and waste my money. Thanks. On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:42 PM Ken Blake, MVP wrote: On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:38:02 -0700, Jack wrote: Yes, Partition Magic does that, as do a number of other programs. Partition Magic is the best-known such program, but there are freeware/shareware alternatives. One such program is BootIt Next Generation. It's shareware, but comes with a free 30-day trial, so you should be able to do what you want within that 30 days. I haven't used it myself (because I've never needed to use *any* such program), but it comes highly recommended by several other MVPs here. Whatever software you use, make sure you have a good backup before beginning. Although there's no reason to expect a problem, things *can* go wrong. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 1:09 PM Gordon wrote: I can vouch for BootIT NG - it seemed to work when a version of Partition Magic I had (admittedly an old version) seemed to screw up the reported sizes of the new partitions I made.... On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 7:46 PM Bob Harris wrote: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C7ADEB.165B23E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Partion Magic can resize adjacent partitions. I have used it to do that = under 98 and XP. However, it will NOT erase files. You must do that yourself, before = using it. But, it can format a partition, and that effectively erases all the = files, and is faster than the erase command. XP can also format = partitions. A short format should suffice. One caution: XP assumes that the following files are on the C:\ = partition, even if XP is installed on another partition. Never erase = these files ! ntdetect.com ntldr boot.ini Further, the contents of BOOT.INI must correctly point to the XP = installation. "Jack" wrote in message = ... can=20 care if=20 and=20 to=20 ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C7ADEB.165B23E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BF!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" HTMLHEAD META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Partion Magic can resize adjacent = partitions. =20 I have used it to do that under 98 and XP./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2However, it will NOT erase files. = You must do=20 that yourself, before using it./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2But, it can format a partition, and = that=20 effectively erases all the files, and is faster than the erase = command. XP=20 can also format partitions. A short format should = suffice./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2One caution: XP assumes that the = following=20 files are on the C:\ partition, even if XP is installed on another=20 partition. Never erase these files !/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIV P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"SPAN=20 style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"FONT size=3D2FONT=20 face=3DArialntdetect.com?xml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = /o:p/o:p/FONT/FONT/SPAN/P P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"SPAN=20 style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"FONT size=3D2FONT=20 face=3DArialntldro:p/o:p/FONT/FONT/SPAN/P P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"SPAN=20 style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2boot.ini/FONT/SPAN/P P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"SPAN=20 style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2/FONT/SPAN /P/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Further, the contents of BOOT.INI must = correctly=20 point to the XP installation./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2"Jack" </FONTA=20 "FO NT face=3DArial=20 /FONT/AFONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>=20 wrote in message /FONTA=20 "FONT = face=3DArial=20 /FONT/= AFONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2.../FONT/DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2> = Has anyone used=20 partition magic ?BR> I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same = drive=20 but different BR> partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I = want to=20 know if I can BR> resize the smallest one, take the space from the = biggest=20 one. I don't care if BR> I loose the data from hth big partition, I = just=20 don't want to format and BR> loose the data form the smallest=20 partition.BR> Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about = it ? I=20 dont want to BR> buy and waste my money.BR>=20 Thanks./FONT/BODY/HTML ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C7ADEB.165B23E0-- On Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:13 PM Gerry wrote: Jack More information on BootIt Next Generation http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/examples.html -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice MongoDb vs SQL Server Basic Speed Tests http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...eed-tests.aspx |
Delete/Resize Partition
HoopleHeaded DeadHead from EggHead answering a 3 year old post and changing
the subject line. "Dragon software" wrote in message ... I just use MiniTool Partition Wizard software,which is well On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:38 PM Jac wrote: Has anyone used partition magic ? I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same drive but different partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I want to know if I can resize the smallest one, take the space from the biggest one. I don't care if I loose the data from hth big partition, I just don't want to format and loose the data form the smallest partition. Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about it ? I dont want to buy and waste my money. Thanks. On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:42 PM Ken Blake, MVP wrote: On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:38:02 -0700, Jack wrote: Yes, Partition Magic does that, as do a number of other programs. Partition Magic is the best-known such program, but there are freeware/shareware alternatives. One such program is BootIt Next Generation. It's shareware, but comes with a free 30-day trial, so you should be able to do what you want within that 30 days. I haven't used it myself (because I've never needed to use *any* such program), but it comes highly recommended by several other MVPs here. Whatever software you use, make sure you have a good backup before beginning. Although there's no reason to expect a problem, things *can* go wrong. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 1:09 PM Gordon wrote: I can vouch for BootIT NG - it seemed to work when a version of Partition Magic I had (admittedly an old version) seemed to screw up the reported sizes of the new partitions I made.... On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 7:46 PM Bob Harris wrote: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C7ADEB.165B23E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Partion Magic can resize adjacent partitions. I have used it to do that = under 98 and XP. However, it will NOT erase files. You must do that yourself, before = using it. But, it can format a partition, and that effectively erases all the = files, and is faster than the erase command. XP can also format = partitions. A short format should suffice. One caution: XP assumes that the following files are on the C:\ = partition, even if XP is installed on another partition. Never erase = these files ! ntdetect.com ntldr boot.ini Further, the contents of BOOT.INI must correctly point to the XP = installation. "Jack" wrote in message = ... can=20 care if=20 and=20 to=20 ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C7ADEB.165B23E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BF!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" HTMLHEAD META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Partion Magic can resize adjacent = partitions. =20 I have used it to do that under 98 and XP./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2However, it will NOT erase files. = You must do=20 that yourself, before using it./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2But, it can format a partition, and = that=20 effectively erases all the files, and is faster than the erase = command. XP=20 can also format partitions. A short format should = suffice./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2One caution: XP assumes that the = following=20 files are on the C:\ partition, even if XP is installed on another=20 partition. Never erase these files !/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIV P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"SPAN=20 style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"FONT size=3D2FONT=20 face=3DArialntdetect.com?xml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = /o:p/o:p/FONT/FONT/SPAN/P P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"SPAN=20 style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"FONT size=3D2FONT=20 face=3DArialntldro:p/o:p/FONT/FONT/SPAN/P P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"SPAN=20 style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2boot.ini/FONT/SPAN/P P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"SPAN=20 style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2/FONT/SPAN /P/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Further, the contents of BOOT.INI must = correctly=20 point to the XP installation./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2"Jack" </FONTA=20 "FO NT face=3DArial=20 /FONT/AFONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>=20 wrote in message /FONTA=20 "FONT = face=3DArial=20 /FONT/= AFONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2.../FONT/DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2> = Has anyone used=20 partition magic ?BR> I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same = drive=20 but different BR> partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I = want to=20 know if I can BR> resize the smallest one, take the space from the = biggest=20 one. I don't care if BR> I loose the data from hth big partition, I = just=20 don't want to format and BR> loose the data form the smallest=20 partition.BR> Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about = it ? I=20 dont want to BR> buy and waste my money.BR>=20 Thanks./FONT/BODY/HTML ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C7ADEB.165B23E0-- On Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:13 PM Gerry wrote: Jack More information on BootIt Next Generation http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/examples.html -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice MongoDb vs SQL Server Basic Speed Tests http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...eed-tests.aspx |
resize partition in windows xp
MiniTool Partition Wizard is a partition magic alternative.
As the industry leading Partition Manager, Partition Wizard provides a safe, easy and fast way to resize Windows XP partitions. So you can have try use the MiniTool Partition Wizard to resize the partition, for more details you can visit:http://www.partitionwizard.com/parti...windowsxp.html On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:38 PM Jac wrote: Has anyone used partition magic ? I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same drive but different partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I want to know if I can resize the smallest one, take the space from the biggest one. I don't care if I loose the data from hth big partition, I just don't want to format and loose the data form the smallest partition. Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about it ? I dont want to buy and waste my money. Thanks. On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:42 PM Ken Blake, MVP wrote: On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:38:02 -0700, Jack wrote: Yes, Partition Magic does that, as do a number of other programs. Partition Magic is the best-known such program, but there are freeware/shareware alternatives. One such program is BootIt Next Generation. It's shareware, but comes with a free 30-day trial, so you should be able to do what you want within that 30 days. I haven't used it myself (because I've never needed to use *any* such program), but it comes highly recommended by several other MVPs here. Whatever software you use, make sure you have a good backup before beginning. Although there's no reason to expect a problem, things *can* go wrong. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 1:09 PM Gordon wrote: I can vouch for BootIT NG - it seemed to work when a version of Partition Magic I had (admittedly an old version) seemed to screw up the reported sizes of the new partitions I made.... On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 7:46 PM Bob Harris wrote: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C7ADEB.165B23E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Partion Magic can resize adjacent partitions. I have used it to do that = under 98 and XP. However, it will NOT erase files. You must do that yourself, before = using it. But, it can format a partition, and that effectively erases all the = files, and is faster than the erase command. XP can also format = partitions. A short format should suffice. One caution: XP assumes that the following files are on the C:\ = partition, even if XP is installed on another partition. Never erase = these files ! ntdetect.com ntldr boot.ini Further, the contents of BOOT.INI must correctly point to the XP = installation. "Jack" wrote in message = ... can=20 care if=20 and=20 to=20 ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C7ADEB.165B23E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BF!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" HTMLHEAD META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Partion Magic can resize adjacent = partitions. =20 I have used it to do that under 98 and XP./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2However, it will NOT erase files. = You must do=20 that yourself, before using it./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2But, it can format a partition, and = that=20 effectively erases all the files, and is faster than the erase = command. XP=20 can also format partitions. A short format should = suffice./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2One caution: XP assumes that the = following=20 files are on the C:\ partition, even if XP is installed on another=20 partition. Never erase these files !/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIV P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"SPAN=20 style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"FONT size=3D2FONT=20 face=3DArialntdetect.com?xml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = /o:p/o:p/FONT/FONT/SPAN/P P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"SPAN=20 style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"FONT size=3D2FONT=20 face=3DArialntldro:p/o:p/FONT/FONT/SPAN/P P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"SPAN=20 style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2boot.ini/FONT/SPAN/P P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"SPAN=20 style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2/FONT/SPAN /P/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Further, the contents of BOOT.INI must = correctly=20 point to the XP installation./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2"Jack" </FONTA=20 "FO NT face=3DArial=20 /FONT/AFONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>=20 wrote in message /FONTA=20 "FONT = face=3DArial=20 /FONT/= AFONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2.../FONT/DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2> = Has anyone used=20 partition magic ?BR> I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same = drive=20 but different BR> partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I = want to=20 know if I can BR> resize the smallest one, take the space from the = biggest=20 one. I don't care if BR> I loose the data from hth big partition, I = just=20 don't want to format and BR> loose the data form the smallest=20 partition.BR> Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about = it ? I=20 dont want to BR> buy and waste my money.BR>=20 Thanks./FONT/BODY/HTML ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C7ADEB.165B23E0-- On Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:13 PM Gerry wrote: Jack More information on BootIt Next Generation http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/examples.html -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... On Thursday, September 16, 2010 10:41 PM Dragon software wrote: I just use MiniTool Partition Wizard software,which is well On Monday, September 20, 2010 10:01 AM Hugh Jorgan wrote: HoopleHeaded DeadHead from EggHead answering a 3 year old post and changing the subject line. Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice Book Review: Google Analytics http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...analytics.aspx |
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