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Old 01-23-2009, 01:40 PM
Jomercad
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Change size hard disk partition

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.
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Re: Change size hard disk partition

In message <FCEB31F0-7692-4B38-892D-4C570CA4EF01@microsoft.com>,
Jomercad <Jomercad@discussions.microsoft.com> writes
>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.

You will probably need to

Back up the whole system to an external device (Both partitions)
Delete the second partition
Expand the system partition
Recreate the second partition (smaller)
Restore your data to the second partition.


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Old 01-24-2009, 07:40 AM
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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 03-02-2009, 07:57 PM
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can I use Windows XP SP 3 to my old tablet PC?

hai.....
i have Tablet PC T3010 Fujitsu, 30 Gb HDD, 512 MB RAM, Pentium M 1,4 GHZ,
and now i use Windows XP Tablet PC SP 1.
Can i change with Windows XP Tablet PC SP 3 or 2??
thk u......
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Old 03-06-2009, 07:57 AM
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Re: can I use Windows XP SP 3 to my old tablet PC?

marvin shared these words of wisdom:

> i have Tablet PC T3010 Fujitsu, 30 Gb HDD, 512 MB RAM, Pentium M
> 1,4 GHZ, and now i use Windows XP Tablet PC SP 1.
> Can i change with Windows XP Tablet PC SP 3 or 2??


You can and you *should*.
Backup the system prior to updating.

First apply SP2, then SP3.

Rainald
P.S. Obviously you posted this as a reply to an existing thread with a
totally different subject.
In the future pls make sure to open a new thread

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Old 09-08-2009, 07:42 AM
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Re: Change size hard disk partition

You need not to backup the files to other drive and delete the partition, just shrink other partitions and expand the os partition with the unallocated space. But backup file first is a good habit.
Besides the tools Rainald Taesler mentioned, I recommend easeus partition master, free for home users, but it has the same functions. there is detail instructions. how to change partition size
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Old 09-08-2009, 07:10 PM
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Re: Change size hard disk partition

Sorry,
what might this posting be referring to??
At least in the UI of a NewsReader (WinMail) this posting is without any
referral. It's just "stand-alone".
So I can not say anything on the proposals {siiiigh}.

Rainald

> You need not to backup the files to other drive and delete the
> partition, just shrink other partitions and expand the os partition
> with the unallocated space. But backup file first is a good habit.
> Besides the tools Rainald Taesler mentioned, I recommend easeus
> partition master, free for home users, but it has the same functions.
> there is detail instructions. 'how to change partition size'
> (http://tinyurl.com/nrsgct)


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