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Hi,
I have a 20gb. h/d partitioned(C:17Gb. D3gb.) I have( win98 first ) on the C
drive
and mostely backups on the D drive. What I would like to know is can I
increase the size of the D drive without loosing any data on the C:?
I have 50% free on the C: at the moment .
If this is possible must I format the D: first.

Many thanks to all,
--
ron

 

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ron.hosler wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a 20gb. h/d partitioned(C:17Gb. D3gb.) I have( win98 first ) on the C
> drive
> and mostely backups on the D drive. What I would like to know is can I
> increase the size of the D drive without loosing any data on the C:?
> I have 50% free on the C: at the moment .
> If this is possible must I format the D: first.
>
> Many thanks to all,

Two possibilities:
a) Some kind of a backup to external medium, repartitioning of the whole
drive and restoration.
b) Software help, like Partition Magic and such that can resize
partitions that include data. Possible but...., in case of failure of
flesh/soft-ware = data loss.
And yes, after shrinking the C: partition you expand your extended
partition d: and it has to be formatted in its new form.
So why don't you just use the empty space on C: for whatever use, till
you find a way to do it in sure way.

HTH

Stanislaw
Slack user from Ulladulla.

 

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Fdisk will only delete and create partitions so to change them, you will
need a partitioning program:

BootIt Next Generation is available from: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/
and it does partitioning, makes a compressed image, does many other
partitioning chores and is a boot manager. It is not quite as easy to use
as Partition Magic but it is half the cost and has more features. Unlike
the crippled PMagic demo, BING is a *full function* demo you can try for
FREE for 30 days. The web site has a lot of support articles.


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Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"ron.hosler" <ronhosler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8319F7B2-D865-4B5B-88BB-A58B9186B905@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I have a 20gb. h/d partitioned(C:17Gb. D3gb.) I have( win98 first ) on the
> C
> drive
> and mostely backups on the D drive. What I would like to know is can I
> increase the size of the D drive without loosing any data on the C:?
> I have 50% free on the C: at the moment .
> If this is possible must I format the D: first.
>
> Many thanks to all,
> --
> ron

 

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Thanks a lot for the info from you both,
Ron, I downloaded the manual for BING, looks like a good read before I do
anything.
What I intend to do is all the prep work first then download the program,
that way "hopefully" things will go well.
-- Thanks again.
ron


"Ron Badour" wrote:

> Fdisk will only delete and create partitions so to change them, you will
> need a partitioning program:
>
> BootIt Next Generation is available from: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/
> and it does partitioning, makes a compressed image, does many other
> partitioning chores and is a boot manager. It is not quite as easy to use
> as Partition Magic but it is half the cost and has more features. Unlike
> the crippled PMagic demo, BING is a *full function* demo you can try for
> FREE for 30 days. The web site has a lot of support articles.
>
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98
> Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
> Knowledge Base Info:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
>
> "ron.hosler" <ronhosler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8319F7B2-D865-4B5B-88BB-A58B9186B905@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > I have a 20gb. h/d partitioned(C:17Gb. D3gb.) I have( win98 first ) on the
> > C
> > drive
> > and mostely backups on the D drive. What I would like to know is can I
> > increase the size of the D drive without loosing any data on the C:?
> > I have 50% free on the C: at the moment .
> > If this is possible must I format the D: first.
> >
> > Many thanks to all,
> > --
> > ron
>
>
>