Problem with Hard drive, Please help!

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2004/01/16 12:30:28 (permalink)

Problem with Hard drive, Please help!

Hi,
My hard drive is divided into two 20 gig partitions. C and D. I wanted to delete the D partition and let the C partition take up the rest of the space, so that in fact I would have one 40 gig C hard drive.

I deleted the D part but instead of getting rid of the partition it has kept it on as 'Unallocated space', taking up 20 gig! How do I get rid of this space so that the disk is just one C volume?

I'm using WinXP (hard drive management), FAT32.

Thanks for your help!
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    wogg
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    RE: Problem with Hard drive, Please help! 2004/01/16 12:54:39 (permalink)
    Windows XP can't re-size FAT32 partitions. You could upgrade the disk to NTFS, change it to a dynamic volume, and re-size the partition that way.

    The best way would be to use a utility like Partition Magic though.

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    Dan1
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    RE: Problem with Hard drive, Please help! 2004/01/17 07:27:09 (permalink)
    Would this be risky to convert to NTFS? I don't want to run the risk of losing any data. Is there anything I need to know before I try it?

    What's the best way to do it?

    One more thing - would I be able to do this more easily with partition magic?

    Thanks for your help!
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    RE: Problem with Hard drive, Please help! 2004/01/17 09:16:44 (permalink)
    Is there anything I need to know before I try it?


    Back up your system!

    would I be able to do this more easily with partition magic?


    Yes... You could leave it FAT32, change a couple settings, re-boot, and voila!

    You'd probably still want to back up your system.

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    RE: Problem with Hard drive, Please help! 2007/11/29 03:04:32 (permalink)
    Hello My name is rob. I have the same question tho I currently run windows vista please let me know what any of you suggest. Thank you
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