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Old 01-24-2009, 07:40 AM
Rainald Taesler
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Re: Change size hard disk partition

Invalid wrote:

>> I´ve an XP Tablet Edition SP3 with a hard disk with 2 partitions.
>> The one that contains the system is almost full and computer gets
>> very slow. How can I change the sizes of the partitions? Thank you
>> very much.

>
> With a partition manager.
>
> Personally I use Acronis, but a quick Google for partition manager
> turns up lots of options.


I'm now using Acronis "Disk Director".[1]
Before that I had "Partition Magic" (Symantec) but there is no version
for Vista.
Another popular product is Paragon "Hard Disk Manager". [3]

> You will probably need to
>
> Back up the whole system to an external device (Both partitions)


This should be done in any any case for having a possibility of
restoring in case something goes wrong.

> Delete the second partition
> Expand the system partition
> Recreate the second partition (smaller)
> Restore your data to the second partition.


With all three products it can be done ways easier by just changing the
size.

Rainald
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[1] http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing.../diskdirector/
[2] http://www.symantec.com/norton/partitionmagic
[3] http://www.paragon-software.com/
For no. 1 and 3 there are free trial versions available for download

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Old 01-24-2009, 07:40 AM