System Backup

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I have a computer that was partitioned when I bought it. C drive is 30g
and D drive is 90g. I want to change that partition so that C drive is
much larger. I have Partition Magic but understand that in order to
change the size of the partition I must also reformat. I have a
Seagate 300g external drive now to put all the current information on
but I am not sure how to move all of the data.

Anyone had experience at this?
 
Hi,

Partition Magic has the ability to resize partitions without loosing
data.
I suggest you check the instructions and built in help.
 
In scoey212 had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
I have a computer that was partitioned when I bought it. C drive is
30g and D drive is 90g. I want to change that partition so that C
drive is much larger. I have Partition Magic but understand that in
order to change the size of the partition I must also reformat. I
have a Seagate 300g external drive now to put all the current
information on but I am not sure how to move all of the data.

Anyone had experience at this?
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Backup and generally you can get away without a format but backup anyhow.

Backup! Image/Clone:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/advanced/image-clone.html

Then you'd use PM to reduce the size of D: and then you'd expand the C:
drive to use that newly unpartitioned space. I'd recommend that you make it
easier for PM by defragging both partitions prior to making any changes.

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not." - Sherlock Holmes
 
scoey212 said:
I have a computer that was partitioned when I bought it. C drive is
30g and D drive is 90g. I want to change that partition so that C
drive is much larger. I have Partition Magic but understand that in
order to change the size of the partition I must also reformat.
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No, the whole point of using a program like Partition Magic is that you
*don't* have to format. It lets you change the partition structure of the
drive nondestructively.


I have a Seagate 300g external drive now to put all the current
information on but I am not sure how to move all of the data.
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However, make sure you have a good backup before beginning. Although there's
no reason to expect a problem, things *can* go wrong.
 
Ken Blake said:
No, the whole point of using a program like Partition Magic is that you
*don't* have to format. It lets you change the partition structure of the
drive nondestructively.
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Usually!



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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
I have had 99.9% reliability using Partition Magic (all versions). But one
time (I was trying to change NTFS back to fat32) it really screwed up the
partition and made it totally unusable. My backup saved the day. I just
reformatted the partition as fat32 and copied the information back onto it.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Richard said:
I have had 99.9% reliability using Partition Magic (all versions).
But one time (I was trying to change NTFS back to fat32) it really
screwed up the partition and made it totally unusable. My backup
saved the day. I just reformatted the partition as fat32 and copied
the information back onto it.
Click to expand...


I can't tell whether you're arguing with me or agreeing with me.

Yes, backing up first is very important. That's why I said, in my first
message in this thread, "However, make sure you have a good backup before
beginning. Although there's no reason to expect a problem, things *can* go
wrong."
 
I was just showing what "could" go wrong with an almost entirely safe
operation. And I learned through error 15 years ago the value of backups.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
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