Resizing a primary partition??

[bjassin]

Quick question...what is the main difference between a primary and a logical partition. I have a primary partition "C:" where I have Win ME and I have a logical partion "D": where I have win 2k--both on the same drive...

When I tried to resize the partitions using partition magic 6, it resized the D: partition just fine but it wouldn't resize the "C:" partition---anyone know why?? This is even when using the partition magic boot disks and booting into Dos..both partitions are FAT32. Can't a primary partition be resized? How can I resize it??

Thanks,

BJ

 

[SUOrangeman]

There is probably no expansion room for the primary partition.

Logical partitions lie inside of an extended partition. Chances are that you have one primary partition and one extended partition on your drive, adjacent to each other. While inside the extended partition, you can make as few or as many logical volumes as long as they stay within the "parent" extended partition. And you can have free space inside the extended partition. However, you probably don't have any free space between the primary and the extended partitions. And no, you cannot overlap between primary and extended ( or any kind of partition, really) partitions.

-SUO

 

[Zach]

Did it crap out and crash? PM was doing that to me a few days ago.. it would dump some memory into to screen (in that beautiful protected mode font) or just hang while checking the partition before resizing. I was resizing an 8 gig parition on a 13GB drive, with a gig or two free right behind the primary partition...