help didnt give myself enough room.........

[okie74063]

I recently reformatted my haed drive and created a partition for my OS however i only gave myself 8 GiG's on a 120 GiG HDD is there any way to extend the partition without reformatting?

my info should be in my sig.:thumbsup:

 

[okie74063]

oh I am also running xp pro w/sp2

 

[montag451]

You should be able to do this under DISK MANAGEMENT

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: montag451
You should be able to do this under DISK MANAGEMENT

Very unlikely!

You will need a third party utility like Partition Magic, or you will have to re-install.

 

[spanky]

i like navid said, use partition magic. i have never tried using disk management for this. it would be great if it did have that capability, becuz it'd be cheaper.

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: spanky
i like navid said, use partition magic. i have never tried using disk management for this. it would be great if it did have that capability, becuz it'd be cheaper.

Even if it had the capability of resizing a partition, which it doesn't, how would it resize a partition that XP is booting at the time? That would be like lifting yourself up by pulling on your own shoelaces!

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: Navid

Originally posted by: spanky
i like navid said, use partition magic. i have never tried using disk management for this. it would be great if it did have that capability, becuz it'd be cheaper.

Even if it had the capability of resizing a partition, which it doesn't, how would it resize a partition that XP is booting at the time? That would be like lifting yourself up by pulling on your own shoelaces!

good analogy

 

[okie74063]

thank you all that was a big help i'll be getting partition magic soon and let you all know how it worked

 

[Navid]

You will still have to backup your data before using Partition Magic. Hopefully, you will not need the backed up data. But, if things go wrong, you will be happy that you did it.

This is another utility that I have heard about. It is free too. But, I have never used it.
http://www.ranish.com/part/

 

[helpmeout]

Another good program is Partition Commander. I find it easier to use than Magic, think it's more user friendly, and you can save a few bucks. I've been using it for 3-4 years now with 98 and XP Home.

 

[Bassyhead]

Originally posted by: Navid

Originally posted by: spanky
i like navid said, use partition magic. i have never tried using disk management for this. it would be great if it did have that capability, becuz it'd be cheaper.

Even if it had the capability of resizing a partition, which it doesn't, how would it resize a partition that XP is booting at the time? That would be like lifting yourself up by pulling on your own shoelaces!

Partition Magic can resize your boot partition. It will prompt to restart the computer if a partition that is being modified is in use or is the boot partition. It will run the utility before Windows fully boots up.

 

[thunderroller]

a soft called "partion magic" will solve ur problem