jameshanley39******.co.uk wrote:
>
> I want to do it, partly for the hell of it, and also because I have
> heard that win9x is only meant to run in the primary partition within
> the first 1024 cylinders or 8ish GB.
> Partition magic lets me move partitions into unallocated space if there
> is unallocated space immediately adjacent, but it doesn't let me
> reorder partitions. If there is no unallocated space either side then I
> can't move a partition at all.

1) Does not matter which partition number, but the position you state is
correct.
2) If you cannot remove sufficent space (after defraging) from the
partitions you have, in order to "slide" some "up" for space were you
want one of them to be, then you cannot do it with that HD. However, one
could copy to a larger HD (Ghost or DriveImage) and do the deed there.
3) Once the new space is made, one would have to boot one of the OSes to
do the copy *or* use DriveCopy, as PM cannot change the order of the
partitions.
4) Alternately, use DriveCopy to a new HD and select each partition you
want to copy (to new HD) in the order that you want them on the new HD.
Simpler and quicker.