Expand Windows XP System Partition

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Background: Running Windows XP SP2 on a recent vintage Sony desktop. The
machine came without an XP CD. (grumble)

The system currently has one disk, partitioned as follows:

1) 6.01 GB NTFS "EISA compatible configuration" (no drive letter, recovery
stuff??

2) Drive C: 13.97 GB NTFS "System"

3) Drive D: 133.41 GB NTFS

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What I want to do is

- Backup Drive D and then delete the partition
- Expand Drive C to use the space previously occupied by Drive C:
- Add a new/second disk to the system as Drive D: and restore the contents of
the "old Drive D:"

I seem to recall that it is not possible to directly expand the Windows XP
System partition. Am I wrong? Or, is there some roundabout way to
accomplish this?

TIA

Tom

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In article <Xns962C7755829D5kxxx@194.168.222.124>, Kinell <w@invalid.jp> wrote:
>Sorry@NoSpam.I.Am (Tomas) wrote in
>news8mdnf9SFKHHstPfRVn-vA@comcast.com:
>
>> Background: Running Windows XP SP2 on a recent vintage Sony
>> desktop. The machine came without an XP CD. (grumble)
>>
>> The system currently has one disk, partitioned as follows:
>>
>> 1) 6.01 GB NTFS "EISA compatible configuration" (no drive
>> letter, recovery stuff??
>>
>> 2) Drive C: 13.97 GB NTFS "System"
>>
>> 3) Drive D: 133.41 GB NTFS
>>
>> ---------------------------------------
>>
>> What I want to do is
>>
>> - Backup Drive D and then delete the partition
>> - Expand Drive C to use the space previously occupied by Drive
>> C: - Add a new/second disk to the system as Drive D: and restore
>> the contents of the "old Drive D:"
>>
>
>1) Install new drive.
>
>2) Copy the files from D: to the new drive.
>
>3) Using Partition Magic or similar:
> a) Delete D: partition
> b) Expand C: partition to fill the first disk
>
>

Can this be done with the Windows Disk Manager of do I need something special
like Partition Magic?

Tnx
Tom

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Can't you just take like 20 gigs from the D:\ Drive then add it to the
C:\ Drive ?. Iam sure ive done that with Partition magic and the C:\
drive was fine ?

Could be wrong was LONG LONG ago



On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 09:31:49 +1000, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>
>"Tomas" <Sorry@NoSpam.I.Am> wrote in message
>news:a8KdnfNFhpcgtNLfRVn-uA@comcast.com...
>> In article <Xns962C7755829D5kxxx@194.168.222.124>, Kinell <w@invalid.jp>
>> wrote:
>>>Sorry@NoSpam.I.Am (Tomas) wrote in
>>>news8mdnf9SFKHHstPfRVn-vA@comcast.com:
>>>
>>>> Background: Running Windows XP SP2 on a recent vintage Sony
>>>> desktop. The machine came without an XP CD. (grumble)
>>>>
>>>> The system currently has one disk, partitioned as follows:
>>>>
>>>> 1) 6.01 GB NTFS "EISA compatible configuration" (no drive
>>>> letter, recovery stuff??
>>>>
>>>> 2) Drive C: 13.97 GB NTFS "System"
>>>>
>>>> 3) Drive D: 133.41 GB NTFS
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> What I want to do is
>>>>
>>>> - Backup Drive D and then delete the partition
>>>> - Expand Drive C to use the space previously occupied by Drive
>>>> C: - Add a new/second disk to the system as Drive D: and restore
>>>> the contents of the "old Drive D:"
>>>>
>>>
>>>1) Install new drive.
>>>
>>>2) Copy the files from D: to the new drive.
>>>
>>>3) Using Partition Magic or similar:
>>> a) Delete D: partition
>>> b) Expand C: partition to fill the first disk
>
>> Can this be done with the Windows Disk Manager
>
>Nope, not without losing the data in the partition being expanded.
>
>> of do I need something special like Partition Magic?
>
>Yep, or any of the partition managers.
>

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Digital Sheep <1@2> wrote in
news:8ltu419p0ahtitc48u1ua2jtu1ufvbfsmb@4ax.com:

> Can't you just take like 20 gigs from the D:\ Drive then add it
> to the C:\ Drive ?. Iam sure ive done that with Partition magic
> and the C:\ drive was fine ?
>

Yes, but how does that solve the problem in the OP?

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In article <Xns962DE3F9F52B0kxxx@62.253.162.201>, Kinell <w@invalid.jp> wrote:
>Sorry@NoSpam.I.Am (Tomas) wrote in
>news:a8KdnfNFhpcgtNLfRVn-uA@comcast.com:
>
>> Can this be done with the Windows Disk Manager of do I need
>> something special like Partition Magic?
>>
>
>No. Please re-read my response.


Ok! I am now looking around for a decent partition manager. Thanks for
your responses.

Tom

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So far people have recommended Partition Magic ($70) and 7 Tools
($30). If I want to expand the system partition without losing the data
current in it, what partition manager would you recommend? Any
decent free/share ware?

Thanks,

Tom

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In article <Xns9632A5BE9B814wisdomfolly@207.115.63.158>, John Doe <jdoe@usenet.love.invalid> wrote:
>"Tomas" <publiusus@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> So far people have recommended Partition Magic ($70) and 7
>> Tools ($30). If I want to expand the system partition without
>> losing the data current in it, what partition manager would you
>> recommend? Any decent free/share ware?
>
>As already stated, I would not use PartitionMagic in Windows XP.
>It is not fully functional.
>
>Over the last two days, I have been giving Partition Manager a
>workout. Apparently it has some minor bugs, trivial compared to
>its function. Operations performed in pre-Windows mode are not
>followed by a reboot, the program moves directly into Windows XP.
>So you have to restart afterwards in order for some changes to be
>recognized. There might be one other more serious looking much
>which is solved also by simply rebooting. If you don't reboot,
>things could get problematic. I guess a good rule would be "when
>in doubt, reboot".
>
>I'm still loving it, for $30. Remember to always keep a backup of
>important files.
>
>If you would like some real-time help with Partition Manager, feel
>free to add me to your MSN messenger contacts
>(lshaping...hotmail).
>
>
Thank you for your kind offer. I do not use messenger, but if I get screwed
up I will be motivated to give it a try!

I am leaning towards using 7Tools.

Cheers,

Tom

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Presizer (Zeleps Partition Resizer)

"Tomas" <publiusus@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1112987152.061882.4490@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com
> So far people have recommended Partition Magic ($70) and 7 Tools
> ($30). If I want to expand the system partition without losing the data
> current in it, what partition manager would you recommend? Any
> decent free/share ware?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom

In fact you needn't delete the data D partition.

You can shrink D partition to get unallocated space. Then move the unallocated space right close to C by moving the D partition. And then extend boot partition. All these can be done in a few minutes by Acronis Disk Director Suite which is price affordable $49.

BTW, this is a tutorial shows the details to use this program

http://www.geeksdo.com/extend-c-drive-pc-acronis.html

There is a directly and easy way to expand C drive without data loss.

Windows provide a backup utility since Windows XP and you backup it with the built-in backup utility without third party backup tool.

After you have backed up your drive D, you may delete it.

To expand the C drive, there is a free tool which may ease this job without data loss and it is tested to works find. There is also no need to reinstall the OS.

Besides, it also supports RAID and dynamic disk. Here is a detailed solution

http://www.partition-tool.com/reso [...] -drive.htm