Delete/Resize Partition

Has anyone used partition magic ?
I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same drive but different
partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I want to know if I can
resize the smallest one, take the space from the biggest one. I don't care if
I loose the data from hth big partition, I just don't want to format and
loose the data form the smallest partition.
Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about it ? I dont want to
buy and waste my money.
Thanks.

On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:38:02 -0700, Jack
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Has anyone used partition magic ?
>I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same drive but different
>partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I want to know if I can
>resize the smallest one, take the space from the biggest one. I don't care if
>I loose the data from hth big partition, I just don't want to format and
>loose the data form the smallest partition.
>Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about it ? I dont want to
>buy and waste my money.


Yes, Partition Magic does that, as do a number of other programs.
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.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

"Jack" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:CDF1D891-4DB9-4FDA-BA5A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Has anyone used partition magic ?
> I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same drive but different
> partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I want to know if I can
> resize the smallest one, take the space from the biggest one. I don't care
> if
> I loose the data from hth big partition, I just don't want to format and
> loose the data form the smallest partition.
> Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about it ? I dont want to
> buy and waste my money.
> Thanks.
>


I can vouch for BootIT NG - it seemed to work when a version of Partition
Magic I had (admittedly an old version) seemed to screw up the reported
sizes of the new partitions I made....

Partion Magic can resize adjacent partitions. I have used it to do that under 98 and XP.

However, it will NOT erase files. You must do that yourself, before using it.

But, it can format a partition, and that effectively erases all the files, and is faster than the erase command. XP can also format partitions. A short format should suffice.

One caution: XP assumes that the following files are on the C:\ partition, even if XP is installed on another partition. Never erase these files !

ntdetect.com

ntldr

boot.ini



Further, the contents of BOOT.INI must correctly point to the XP installation.

"Jack" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:CDF1D891-4DB9-4FDA-BA5A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Has anyone used partition magic ?
> I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same drive but different
> partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I want to know if I can
> resize the smallest one, take the space from the biggest one. I don't care if
> I loose the data from hth big partition, I just don't want to format and
> loose the data form the smallest partition.
> Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about it ? I dont want to
> buy and waste my money.
> Thanks.

Jack

More information on BootIt Next Generation
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/examples.html

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Ken Blake, MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:38:02 -0700, Jack
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Has anyone used partition magic ?
>>I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same drive but different
>>partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I want to know if I
>>can
>>resize the smallest one, take the space from the biggest one. I don't
>>care if
>>I loose the data from hth big partition, I just don't want to format
>>and
>>loose the data form the smallest partition.
>>Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about it ? I dont want
>>to
>>buy and waste my money.
>
>
> Yes, Partition Magic does that, as do a number of other programs.
> 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.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

I just use MiniTool Partition Wizard software,which is well

> On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:38 PM Jac wrote:

> Has anyone used partition magic ?
> I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same drive but different
> partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I want to know if I can
> resize the smallest one, take the space from the biggest one. I don't care if
> I loose the data from hth big partition, I just don't want to format and
> loose the data form the smallest partition.
> Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about it ? I dont want to
> buy and waste my money.
> Thanks.


>> On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:42 PM Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

>> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:38:02 -0700, Jack
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, Partition Magic does that, as do a number of other programs.
>> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup


>>> On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 1:09 PM Gordon wrote:

>>> I can vouch for BootIT NG - it seemed to work when a version of Partition
>>> Magic I had (admittedly an old version) seemed to screw up the reported
>>> sizes of the new partitions I made....


>>>> On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 7:46 PM Bob Harris wrote:

>>>> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>>>>
>>>> ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C7ADEB.165B23E0
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain;
>>>> charset="Utf-8"
>>>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>>>>
>>>> Partion Magic can resize adjacent partitions. I have used it to do that =
>>>> under 98 and XP.
>>>>
>>>> However, it will NOT erase files. You must do that yourself, before =
>>>> using it.
>>>>
>>>> But, it can format a partition, and that effectively erases all the =
>>>> files, and is faster than the erase command. XP can also format =
>>>> partitions. A short format should suffice.
>>>>
>>>> One caution: XP assumes that the following files are on the C:\ =
>>>> partition, even if XP is installed on another partition. Never erase =
>>>> these files !
>>>>
>>>> ntdetect.com
>>>>
>>>> ntldr
>>>>
>>>> boot.ini
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Further, the contents of BOOT.INI must correctly point to the XP =
>>>> installation.
>>>>
>>>> "Jack" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message =
>>>> news:CDF1D891-4DB9-4FDA-BA5A-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> can=20
>>>> care if=20
>>>> and=20
>>>> to=20
>>>> ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C7ADEB.165B23E0
>>>> Content-Type: text/html;
>>>> charset="Utf-8"
>>>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>>>>
>>>> =EF=BB=BF<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
>>>> <HTML><HEAD>
>>>> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8">
>>>> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=3DGENERATOR>
>>>> <STYLE></STYLE>
>>>> </HEAD>
>>>> <BODY>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Partion Magic can resize adjacent =
>>>> partitions.&nbsp;=20
>>>> I have used it to do that under 98 and XP.</FONT></DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>However, it will NOT erase files.&nbsp; =
>>>> You must do=20
>>>> that yourself, before using it.</FONT></DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>But, it can format a partition, and =
>>>> that=20
>>>> effectively erases all the files, and is faster than the erase =
>>>> command.&nbsp; XP=20
>>>> can also format partitions.&nbsp; A short format should =
>>>> suffice.</FONT></DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>One caution:&nbsp; XP assumes that the =
>>>> following=20
>>>> files are on the C:\ partition, even if XP is installed on another=20
>>>> partition.&nbsp; Never erase these files !</FONT></DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>>> <DIV>
>>>> <P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
>>>> style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><FONT size=3D2><FONT=20
>>>> face=3DArial>ntdetect.com<?xml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D=20
>>>> "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" =
>>>> /><o></o></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
>>>> <P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
>>>> style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><FONT size=3D2><FONT=20
>>>> face=3DArial>ntldr<o></o></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
>>>> <P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
>>>> style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><FONT face=3DArial=20
>>>> size=3D2>boot.ini</FONT></SPAN></P>
>>>> <P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
>>>> style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><FONT face=3DArial=20
>>>> size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</P></DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Further, the contents of BOOT.INI must =
>>>> correctly=20
>>>> point to the XP installation.</FONT></DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Jack" &lt;</FONT><A=20
>>>> href=3D"private.php?do=newpm&u="><FO NT face=3DArial=20
>>>> size=3D2>(E-Mail Removed)</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial =
>>>> size=3D2>&gt;=20
>>>> wrote in message </FONT><A=20
>>>> href=3D"news:CDF1D891-4DB9-4FDA-BA5A-(E-Mail Removed)"><FONT =
>>>> face=3DArial=20
>>>> size=3D2>news:CDF1D891-4DB9-4FDA-BA5A-(E-Mail Removed)</FONT></=
>>>> A><FONT=20
>>>> face=3DArial size=3D2>...</FONT></DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&gt; =
>>>> Has anyone used=20
>>>> partition magic ?<BR>&gt; I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same =
>>>> drive=20
>>>> but different <BR>&gt; partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I =
>>>> want to=20
>>>> know if I can <BR>&gt; resize the smallest one, take the space from the =
>>>> biggest=20
>>>> one. I don't care if <BR>&gt; I loose the data from hth big partition, I =
>>>> just=20
>>>> don't want to format and <BR>&gt; loose the data form the smallest=20
>>>> partition.<BR>&gt; Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about =
>>>> it ? I=20
>>>> dont want to <BR>&gt; buy and waste my money.<BR>&gt;=20
>>>> Thanks.</FONT></BODY></HTML>
>>>>
>>>> ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C7ADEB.165B23E0--


>>>>> On Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:13 PM Gerry wrote:

>>>>> Jack
>>>>>
>>>>> More information on BootIt Next Generation
>>>>> http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/examples.html
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gerry
>>>>> ~~~~
>>>>> FCA
>>>>> Stourport, England
>>>>> Enquire, plan and execute
>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...


>>>>> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
>>>>> MongoDb vs SQL Server Basic Speed Tests
>>>>> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...eed-tests.aspx

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"Dragon software" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I just use MiniTool Partition Wizard software,which is well
>
>> On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:38 PM Jac wrote:
>
>> Has anyone used partition magic ?
>> I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same drive but different
>> partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I want to know if I can
>> resize the smallest one, take the space from the biggest one. I don't
>> care if
>> I loose the data from hth big partition, I just don't want to format and
>> loose the data form the smallest partition.
>> Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about it ? I dont want to
>> buy and waste my money.
>> Thanks.
>
>
>>> On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:42 PM Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
>
>>> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:38:02 -0700, Jack
>>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, Partition Magic does that, as do a number of other programs.
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
>>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
>
>>>> On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 1:09 PM Gordon wrote:
>
>>>> I can vouch for BootIT NG - it seemed to work when a version of
>>>> Partition
>>>> Magic I had (admittedly an old version) seemed to screw up the reported
>>>> sizes of the new partitions I made....
>
>
>>>>> On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 7:46 PM Bob Harris wrote:
>
>>>>> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>>>>>
>>>>> ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C7ADEB.165B23E0
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain;
>>>>> charset="Utf-8"
>>>>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>>>>>
>>>>> Partion Magic can resize adjacent partitions. I have used it to do
>>>>> that =
>>>>> under 98 and XP.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, it will NOT erase files. You must do that yourself, before =
>>>>> using it.
>>>>>
>>>>> But, it can format a partition, and that effectively erases all the =
>>>>> files, and is faster than the erase command. XP can also format =
>>>>> partitions. A short format should suffice.
>>>>>
>>>>> One caution: XP assumes that the following files are on the C:\ =
>>>>> partition, even if XP is installed on another partition. Never erase
>>>>> =
>>>>> these files !
>>>>>
>>>>> ntdetect.com
>>>>>
>>>>> ntldr
>>>>>
>>>>> boot.ini
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Further, the contents of BOOT.INI must correctly point to the XP =
>>>>> installation.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Jack" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message =
>>>>> news:CDF1D891-4DB9-4FDA-BA5A-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> can=20
>>>>> care if=20
>>>>> and=20
>>>>> to=20
>>>>> ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C7ADEB.165B23E0
>>>>> Content-Type: text/html;
>>>>> charset="Utf-8"
>>>>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>>>>>
>>>>> =EF=BB=BF<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0
>>>>> Transitional//EN">
>>>>> <HTML><HEAD>
>>>>> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html;
>>>>> charset=3Dutf-8">
>>>>> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=3DGENERATOR>
>>>>> <STYLE></STYLE>
>>>>> </HEAD>
>>>>> <BODY>
>>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Partion Magic can resize adjacent =
>>>>> partitions.&nbsp;=20
>>>>> I have used it to do that under 98 and XP.</FONT></DIV>
>>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>However, it will NOT erase
>>>>> files.&nbsp; =
>>>>> You must do=20
>>>>> that yourself, before using it.</FONT></DIV>
>>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>But, it can format a partition, and =
>>>>> that=20
>>>>> effectively erases all the files, and is faster than the erase =
>>>>> command.&nbsp; XP=20
>>>>> can also format partitions.&nbsp; A short format should =
>>>>> suffice.</FONT></DIV>
>>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>One caution:&nbsp; XP assumes that
>>>>> the =
>>>>> following=20
>>>>> files are on the C:\ partition, even if XP is installed on another=20
>>>>> partition.&nbsp; Never erase these files !</FONT></DIV>
>>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>>>> <DIV>
>>>>> <P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
>>>>> style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><FONT size=3D2><FONT=20
>>>>> face=3DArial>ntdetect.com<?xml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D=20
>>>>> "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" =
>>>>> /><o></o></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
>>>>> <P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
>>>>> style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><FONT size=3D2><FONT=20
>>>>> face=3DArial>ntldr<o></o></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
>>>>> <P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
>>>>> style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><FONT face=3DArial=20
>>>>> size=3D2>boot.ini</FONT></SPAN></P>
>>>>> <P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
>>>>> style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><FONT face=3DArial=20
>>>>> size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</P></DIV>
>>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Further, the contents of BOOT.INI
>>>>> must =
>>>>> correctly=20
>>>>> point to the XP installation.</FONT></DIV>
>>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Jack" &lt;</FONT><A=20
>>>>> href=3D"private.php?do=newpm&u="><FO NT face=3DArial=20
>>>>> size=3D2>(E-Mail Removed)</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial =
>>>>> size=3D2>&gt;=20
>>>>> wrote in message </FONT><A=20
>>>>> href=3D"news:CDF1D891-4DB9-4FDA-BA5A-(E-Mail Removed)"><FONT
>>>>> =
>>>>> face=3DArial=20
>>>>> size=3D2>news:CDF1D891-4DB9-4FDA-BA5A-(E-Mail Removed)</FONT></=
>>>>> A><FONT=20
>>>>> face=3DArial size=3D2>...</FONT></DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&gt;
>>>>> =
>>>>> Has anyone used=20
>>>>> partition magic ?<BR>&gt; I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the
>>>>> same =
>>>>> drive=20
>>>>> but different <BR>&gt; partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used.
>>>>> I =
>>>>> want to=20
>>>>> know if I can <BR>&gt; resize the smallest one, take the space from
>>>>> the =
>>>>> biggest=20
>>>>> one. I don't care if <BR>&gt; I loose the data from hth big partition,
>>>>> I =
>>>>> just=20
>>>>> don't want to format and <BR>&gt; loose the data form the smallest=20
>>>>> partition.<BR>&gt; Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know
>>>>> about =
>>>>> it ? I=20
>>>>> dont want to <BR>&gt; buy and waste my money.<BR>&gt;=20
>>>>> Thanks.</FONT></BODY></HTML>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C7ADEB.165B23E0--
>
>
>>>>>> On Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:13 PM Gerry wrote:
>
>>>>>> Jack
>>>>>>
>>>>>> More information on BootIt Next Generation
>>>>>> http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/examples.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gerry
>>>>>> ~~~~
>>>>>> FCA
>>>>>> Stourport, England
>>>>>> Enquire, plan and execute
>>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>>>>>> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
>>>>>> MongoDb vs SQL Server Basic Speed Tests
>>>>>> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...eed-tests.aspx

MiniTool Partition Wizard is a partition magic alternative.

As the industry leading Partition Manager, Partition Wizard provides a safe, easy and fast way to resize Windows XP partitions.

So you can have try use the MiniTool Partition Wizard to resize the partition, for more details you can visit:http://www.partitionwizard.com/parti...windowsxp.html

> On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:38 PM Jac wrote:

> Has anyone used partition magic ?
> I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same drive but different
> partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I want to know if I can
> resize the smallest one, take the space from the biggest one. I don't care if
> I loose the data from hth big partition, I just don't want to format and
> loose the data form the smallest partition.
> Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about it ? I dont want to
> buy and waste my money.
> Thanks.


>> On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:42 PM Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

>> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:38:02 -0700, Jack
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, Partition Magic does that, as do a number of other programs.
>> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup


>>> On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 1:09 PM Gordon wrote:

>>> I can vouch for BootIT NG - it seemed to work when a version of Partition
>>> Magic I had (admittedly an old version) seemed to screw up the reported
>>> sizes of the new partitions I made....


>>>> On Wednesday, June 13, 2007 7:46 PM Bob Harris wrote:

>>>> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>>>>
>>>> ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C7ADEB.165B23E0
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain;
>>>> charset="Utf-8"
>>>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>>>>
>>>> Partion Magic can resize adjacent partitions. I have used it to do that =
>>>> under 98 and XP.
>>>>
>>>> However, it will NOT erase files. You must do that yourself, before =
>>>> using it.
>>>>
>>>> But, it can format a partition, and that effectively erases all the =
>>>> files, and is faster than the erase command. XP can also format =
>>>> partitions. A short format should suffice.
>>>>
>>>> One caution: XP assumes that the following files are on the C:\ =
>>>> partition, even if XP is installed on another partition. Never erase =
>>>> these files !
>>>>
>>>> ntdetect.com
>>>>
>>>> ntldr
>>>>
>>>> boot.ini
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Further, the contents of BOOT.INI must correctly point to the XP =
>>>> installation.
>>>>
>>>> "Jack" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message =
>>>> news:CDF1D891-4DB9-4FDA-BA5A-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> can=20
>>>> care if=20
>>>> and=20
>>>> to=20
>>>> ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C7ADEB.165B23E0
>>>> Content-Type: text/html;
>>>> charset="Utf-8"
>>>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>>>>
>>>> =EF=BB=BF<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
>>>> <HTML><HEAD>
>>>> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8">
>>>> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=3DGENERATOR>
>>>> <STYLE></STYLE>
>>>> </HEAD>
>>>> <BODY>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Partion Magic can resize adjacent =
>>>> partitions.&nbsp;=20
>>>> I have used it to do that under 98 and XP.</FONT></DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>However, it will NOT erase files.&nbsp; =
>>>> You must do=20
>>>> that yourself, before using it.</FONT></DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>But, it can format a partition, and =
>>>> that=20
>>>> effectively erases all the files, and is faster than the erase =
>>>> command.&nbsp; XP=20
>>>> can also format partitions.&nbsp; A short format should =
>>>> suffice.</FONT></DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>One caution:&nbsp; XP assumes that the =
>>>> following=20
>>>> files are on the C:\ partition, even if XP is installed on another=20
>>>> partition.&nbsp; Never erase these files !</FONT></DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>>> <DIV>
>>>> <P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
>>>> style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><FONT size=3D2><FONT=20
>>>> face=3DArial>ntdetect.com<?xml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D=20
>>>> "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" =
>>>> /><o></o></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
>>>> <P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
>>>> style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><FONT size=3D2><FONT=20
>>>> face=3DArial>ntldr<o></o></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
>>>> <P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
>>>> style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><FONT face=3DArial=20
>>>> size=3D2>boot.ini</FONT></SPAN></P>
>>>> <P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
>>>> style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><FONT face=3DArial=20
>>>> size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</P></DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Further, the contents of BOOT.INI must =
>>>> correctly=20
>>>> point to the XP installation.</FONT></DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Jack" &lt;</FONT><A=20
>>>> href=3D"private.php?do=newpm&u="><FO NT face=3DArial=20
>>>> size=3D2>(E-Mail Removed)</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial =
>>>> size=3D2>&gt;=20
>>>> wrote in message </FONT><A=20
>>>> href=3D"news:CDF1D891-4DB9-4FDA-BA5A-(E-Mail Removed)"><FONT =
>>>> face=3DArial=20
>>>> size=3D2>news:CDF1D891-4DB9-4FDA-BA5A-(E-Mail Removed)</FONT></=
>>>> A><FONT=20
>>>> face=3DArial size=3D2>...</FONT></DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&gt; =
>>>> Has anyone used=20
>>>> partition magic ?<BR>&gt; I have a HD with 2 XP installation in the same =
>>>> drive=20
>>>> but different <BR>&gt; partitions. Both partitions are about 90% used. I =
>>>> want to=20
>>>> know if I can <BR>&gt; resize the smallest one, take the space from the =
>>>> biggest=20
>>>> one. I don't care if <BR>&gt; I loose the data from hth big partition, I =
>>>> just=20
>>>> don't want to format and <BR>&gt; loose the data form the smallest=20
>>>> partition.<BR>&gt; Does partition magic do that ? Does anyone know about =
>>>> it ? I=20
>>>> dont want to <BR>&gt; buy and waste my money.<BR>&gt;=20
>>>> Thanks.</FONT></BODY></HTML>
>>>>
>>>> ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C7ADEB.165B23E0--


>>>>> On Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:13 PM Gerry wrote:

>>>>> Jack
>>>>>
>>>>> More information on BootIt Next Generation
>>>>> http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/examples.html
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gerry
>>>>> ~~~~
>>>>> FCA
>>>>> Stourport, England
>>>>> Enquire, plan and execute
>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>>>>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...


>>>>>> On Thursday, September 16, 2010 10:41 PM Dragon software wrote:

>>>>>> I just use MiniTool Partition Wizard software,which is well


>>>>>>> On Monday, September 20, 2010 10:01 AM Hugh Jorgan wrote:

>>>>>>> HoopleHeaded DeadHead from EggHead answering a 3 year old post and changing
>>>>>>> the subject line.


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