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Sandy
I just wanted to confirm a few things before I screwed up something (like,
my OS). Usually, I'd use Partition Magic to resize partitions, but
apparently, Vista includes something quite similar (and PM won't work on
Vista) so I thought I'd give it a go. Also, this is with basic volumes, not
dynamic.
I have a single hard drive partitioned as:
Primary
Extended - contains three logical partitions
I want to take some space from a logical and add it to the primary, so I
would...:
shrink a logical
shrink the extended
add the leftover space to the primary
Right? That's how I would do it in PM so, I just want to make sure it's the
same process in Vista.
1. When you shrink the size of the extended, does the extra space become
available near the primary partition or after the extended? The reason I
ask is because, I've read that the space you're adding to the primary must
be adjacent to the primary partition. So, where does the extra space show
up?
2. I've heard some people say you can't resize the primary partition
without totally screwing up the OS. How likely is it that I'll ruin the OS
by ADDING space? I could see a screw-up coming after shrinking a partition,
but what about by extending?
Thank you,
Sandy
my OS). Usually, I'd use Partition Magic to resize partitions, but
apparently, Vista includes something quite similar (and PM won't work on
Vista) so I thought I'd give it a go. Also, this is with basic volumes, not
dynamic.
I have a single hard drive partitioned as:
Primary
Extended - contains three logical partitions
I want to take some space from a logical and add it to the primary, so I
would...:
shrink a logical
shrink the extended
add the leftover space to the primary
Right? That's how I would do it in PM so, I just want to make sure it's the
same process in Vista.
1. When you shrink the size of the extended, does the extra space become
available near the primary partition or after the extended? The reason I
ask is because, I've read that the space you're adding to the primary must
be adjacent to the primary partition. So, where does the extra space show
up?
2. I've heard some people say you can't resize the primary partition
without totally screwing up the OS. How likely is it that I'll ruin the OS
by ADDING space? I could see a screw-up coming after shrinking a partition,
but what about by extending?
Thank you,
Sandy