Partition resize problem

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John

Hi

I have two partitions on primary disk with a free space between the two as
below;

| Drive C Space | Free Space | Drive E Space |

Is there anyway I can expand E drive space to include the free space without
reinstalling win xp from scratch?

Thanks

Regards
 
John said:
I have two partitions on primary disk with a free space between the
two as below;


Is there anyway I can expand E drive space to include the free space
without reinstalling win xp from scratch?
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Unfortunately, no version of Windows before Vista provides any way of
changing the existing partition structure of the drive nondestructively. The
only way to do what you want is with third-party software. 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.
 
I have vista on a secondary drive but it only allows to expand C drive but
not E drive for some reason.

Thanks

Regards
 
Besides third-party partition tools, you could consider backing up C and E
to an external hard drive, remove all partitions, create new ones, then
perform a restore for each partition.

By sure to make partition images, not a single disk image, since the latter
would preserve the free space.
 
HoopleHead Alert: DeadHead Egghead answering a 3 year old post and changing
the subject line. DUH!
 
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Hugh Jorgan said:
HoopleHead Alert: DeadHead Egghead answering a 3 year old
post and changing the subject line. DUH!
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No interpersonal skills, eh Hugh? Ignorance is excusable and you missed a
chance to help someone learn about newsgroups. I think the only deadhead is
typing on your own keyboard.
 
Has your birth certificate expired, troll?
Twayne said:
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No interpersonal skills, eh Hugh? Ignorance is excusable and you missed a
chance to help someone learn about newsgroups. I think the only deadhead
is typing on your own keyboard.
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