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How do I extend an XP System Partition?

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by gouldy

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Hi

When I built my Windows XP machine, I installed XP on it's own partition (3GB in size) and then created another partition (20+ GB in size) for everything else.I then converted the partitions to Dynamic Disks.

Fairly predicitivly XP has grown and I am now running out of room. Is there any easy way of increasing the size of the System partition to say 5GB, without rebuilding the machine, or buying Partition Magic?

Thanks

Gouldy.

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by timwalsh

Partition Magic (or some similar program) is the only way to do what you want for the following reasons:

1. Partitions can only be extended on Dynamic Disks.
2. A partition on a Dynamic Disks can only be extended if it was created AFTER the disk was converted form Basic to Dynamic.
3. Because system partitions are created during installation, and the installation routine cannot create a Dynamic Disk, the system partition can never be extended (using built-in Windows utilities).

by brian

If you are using ntfs the following might help.

Go to the computer management console.

Select storage

Choose the Management console

right click on the drive that is not full

Select change drive letter and path

Press Add

Select mount in this NTFS folder

Navigate the "full drive" and Pick the location you would like to expand to this other drive

by superkknd

a little hint for you.

go to http://www.kaaza.com/
download their software, install it and run it, then search for partition magic, you should able to download it if you found it from search result.

by gouldy

What... pay for something - I think I will stick with iMesh (free and easy). Besides Partition Magic doesn't work.

by gouldy

I have partition magic 7 and I can't find a way of changing the size of a dynamic disk partition with that either (it works for everything else though!). There is nothing in the help files about it either! Does anyone know of some third party software that works with Dynamic Disks?

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