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by john.tannis

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I have a standalone PC with 4 partitions( total 20 gigs, c: d: e: f:). Primary partition c: is 3 gigs and running out of space. What happens if I delete f: partition? Will it increase the size of the primary partition. I am not using Partition Magicbut would like to use XP Pro's partition program. Would I lose data in the C: drive?

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by quintar51

If you delete the F partition, nothing will happen to your C drive, or your D drive, or E drive. However, it won't increase the amount of space on the C drive. You'll need to use something like partition magic to resize the C drive.

by chrisrlg

Answer 1 is right. BUT if you have an old bios you may need to upgrade that if it will not handle larger drives (the main reason that lots of smaller drives or often created).

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