Partition resize problem

Hi

I have two partitions on primary disk with a free space between the two as
below;

| Drive C Space | Free Space | Drive E Space |

Is there anyway I can expand E drive space to include the free space without
reinstalling win xp from scratch?

Thanks

Regards

check on majorgeeks, they had a free utility that partitions without
losing data.

John wrote:

> I have two partitions on primary disk with a free space between the
> two as below;
>
>> Drive C Space | Free Space | Drive E Space |
>
> Is there anyway I can expand E drive space to include the free space
> without reinstalling win xp from scratch?


Unfortunately, no version of Windows before Vista provides any way of
changing the existing partition structure of the drive nondestructively. The
only way to do what you want is with third-party software. 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 have vista on a secondary drive but it only allows to expand C drive but
not E drive for some reason.

Thanks

Regards

"Ken Blake, MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> John wrote:
>
>> I have two partitions on primary disk with a free space between the
>> two as below;
>>
>>> Drive C Space | Free Space | Drive E Space |
>>
>> Is there anyway I can expand E drive space to include the free space
>> without reinstalling win xp from scratch?
>
>
> Unfortunately, no version of Windows before Vista provides any way of
> changing the existing partition structure of the drive nondestructively.
> The only way to do what you want is with third-party software. 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
>

Besides third-party partition tools, you could consider backing up C and E
to an external hard drive, remove all partitions, create new ones, then
perform a restore for each partition.

By sure to make partition images, not a single disk image, since the latter
would preserve the free space.

"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
>
> I have two partitions on primary disk with a free space between the two as
> below;
>
> | Drive C Space | Free Space | Drive E Space |
>
> Is there anyway I can expand E drive space to include the free space
> without
> reinstalling win xp from scratch?
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards
>
>
>

you can use MiniTool Partition Wizard software to resize your partition,to more to visit:http://www.partitionwizard.com/help/...partition.html

> On Friday, March 02, 2007 9:06 PM John wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have two partitions on primary disk with a free space between the two as
> below;
>
>
> Is there anyway I can expand E drive space to include the free space without
> reinstalling win xp from scratch?
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards


>> On Saturday, March 03, 2007 8:30 AM cmcanulty wrote:

>> check on majorgeeks, they had a free utility that partitions without
>> losing data.


>>> On Saturday, March 03, 2007 11:34 AM Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

>>> John wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, no version of Windows before Vista provides any way of
>>> changing the existing partition structure of the drive nondestructively. The
>>> only way to do what you want is with third-party software. 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 Saturday, March 03, 2007 2:35 PM John wrote:

>>>> I have vista on a secondary drive but it only allows to expand C drive but
>>>> not E drive for some reason.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Regards


>>>>> On Saturday, March 03, 2007 10:30 PM Bob Harris wrote:

>>>>> Besides third-party partition tools, you could consider backing up C and E
>>>>> to an external hard drive, remove all partitions, create new ones, then
>>>>> perform a restore for each partition.
>>>>>
>>>>> By sure to make partition images, not a single disk image, since the latter
>>>>> would preserve the free space.
>>>>>
>>>>> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...


>>>>> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
>>>>> Composite UI Pattern and RAD Development for Data Entry Applications, Part 1
>>>>> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...ns-part-1.aspx

HoopleHead Alert: DeadHead Egghead answering a 3 year old post and changing
the subject line. DUH!
"Dragon software" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> you can use MiniTool Partition Wizard software to resize your partition,to
> more to visit:http://www.partitionwizard.com/help/...partition.html
>
>> On Friday, March 02, 2007 9:06 PM John wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have two partitions on primary disk with a free space between the two
>> as
>> below;
>>
>>
>> Is there anyway I can expand E drive space to include the free space
>> without
>> reinstalling win xp from scratch?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Regards
>
>
>>> On Saturday, March 03, 2007 8:30 AM cmcanulty wrote:
>
>>> check on majorgeeks, they had a free utility that partitions without
>>> losing data.
>
>
>>>> On Saturday, March 03, 2007 11:34 AM Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
>
>>>> John wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, no version of Windows before Vista provides any way of
>>>> changing the existing partition structure of the drive
>>>> nondestructively. The
>>>> only way to do what you want is with third-party software. 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 Saturday, March 03, 2007 2:35 PM John wrote:
>
>>>>> I have vista on a secondary drive but it only allows to expand C drive
>>>>> but
>>>>> not E drive for some reason.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>
>
>>>>>> On Saturday, March 03, 2007 10:30 PM Bob Harris wrote:
>
>>>>>> Besides third-party partition tools, you could consider backing up C
>>>>>> and E
>>>>>> to an external hard drive, remove all partitions, create new ones,
>>>>>> then
>>>>>> perform a restore for each partition.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> By sure to make partition images, not a single disk image, since the
>>>>>> latter
>>>>>> would preserve the free space.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>>>>>> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
>>>>>> Composite UI Pattern and RAD Development for Data Entry Applications,
>>>>>> Part 1
>>>>>> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...ns-part-1.aspx

In news:i77pif$40p$(E-Mail Removed),
Hugh Jorgan <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> HoopleHead Alert: DeadHead Egghead answering a 3 year old
> post and changing the subject line. DUH!

No interpersonal skills, eh Hugh? Ignorance is excusable and you missed a
chance to help someone learn about newsgroups. I think the only deadhead is
typing on your own keyboard.

> "Dragon software" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> you can use MiniTool Partition Wizard software to resize
>> your partition,to more to
>> visit:http://www.partitionwizard.com/help/...partition.html
>>
>>> On Friday, March 02, 2007 9:06 PM John wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I have two partitions on primary disk with a free space
>>> between the two as
>>> below;
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there anyway I can expand E drive space to include the
>>> free space without
>>> reinstalling win xp from scratch?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Regards
>>
>>
>>>> On Saturday, March 03, 2007 8:30 AM cmcanulty wrote:
>>
>>>> check on majorgeeks, they had a free utility that
>>>> partitions without losing data.
>>
>>
>>>>> On Saturday, March 03, 2007 11:34 AM Ken Blake, MVP
>>>>> wrote:
>>
>>>>> John wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately, no version of Windows before Vista
>>>>> provides any way of changing the existing partition
>>>>> structure of the drive nondestructively. The
>>>>> only way to do what you want is with third-party
>>>>> software. 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 Saturday, March 03, 2007 2:35 PM John wrote:
>>
>>>>>> I have vista on a secondary drive but it only allows
>>>>>> to expand C drive but
>>>>>> not E drive for some reason.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>
>>
>>>>>>> On Saturday, March 03, 2007 10:30 PM Bob Harris wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> Besides third-party partition tools, you could
>>>>>>> consider backing up C and E
>>>>>>> to an external hard drive, remove all partitions,
>>>>>>> create new ones, then
>>>>>>> perform a restore for each partition.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> By sure to make partition images, not a single disk
>>>>>>> image, since the latter
>>>>>>> would preserve the free space.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>
>>>>>>> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal
>>>>>>> of Choice Composite UI Pattern and RAD Development
>>>>>>> for Data Entry Applications, Part 1
>>>>>>> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...ns-part-1.aspx

Has your birth certificate expired, troll?
"Twayne" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:i7da0p$8la$(E-Mail Removed)...
> In news:i77pif$40p$(E-Mail Removed),
> Hugh Jorgan <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
>> HoopleHead Alert: DeadHead Egghead answering a 3 year old
>> post and changing the subject line. DUH!
>
> No interpersonal skills, eh Hugh? Ignorance is excusable and you missed a
> chance to help someone learn about newsgroups. I think the only deadhead
> is typing on your own keyboard.
>
>> "Dragon software" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> you can use MiniTool Partition Wizard software to resize
>>> your partition,to more to
>>> visit:http://www.partitionwizard.com/help/...partition.html
>>>
>>>> On Friday, March 02, 2007 9:06 PM John wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I have two partitions on primary disk with a free space
>>>> between the two as
>>>> below;
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is there anyway I can expand E drive space to include the
>>>> free space without
>>>> reinstalling win xp from scratch?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>>>> On Saturday, March 03, 2007 8:30 AM cmcanulty wrote:
>>>
>>>>> check on majorgeeks, they had a free utility that
>>>>> partitions without losing data.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> On Saturday, March 03, 2007 11:34 AM Ken Blake, MVP
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> John wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unfortunately, no version of Windows before Vista
>>>>>> provides any way of changing the existing partition
>>>>>> structure of the drive nondestructively. The
>>>>>> only way to do what you want is with third-party
>>>>>> software. 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 Saturday, March 03, 2007 2:35 PM John wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>> I have vista on a secondary drive but it only allows
>>>>>>> to expand C drive but
>>>>>>> not E drive for some reason.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>> On Saturday, March 03, 2007 10:30 PM Bob Harris wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>>> Besides third-party partition tools, you could
>>>>>>>> consider backing up C and E
>>>>>>>> to an external hard drive, remove all partitions,
>>>>>>>> create new ones, then
>>>>>>>> perform a restore for each partition.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> By sure to make partition images, not a single disk
>>>>>>>> image, since the latter
>>>>>>>> would preserve the free space.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal
>>>>>>>> of Choice Composite UI Pattern and RAD Development
>>>>>>>> for Data Entry Applications, Part 1
>>>>>>>> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...ns-part-1.aspx
>
>
>