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Old 31 May 2004, 06:36 PM
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I have a 40gb hard drive partitioned 20/20 - how do I change the sizes to 25/15?
Old 31 May 2004, 06:38 PM
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You either need partition magic or to fdisk and reformat the drive from scratch (which means reinstalling everything again)
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Originally Posted by Fig
fdisk and reformat the drive from scratch (which means reinstalling everything again)
Sod that!! LOL
Old 31 May 2004, 07:23 PM
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hdd utility like partitionmagic is your best bet.
Old 31 May 2004, 08:02 PM
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http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/
Old 31 May 2004, 11:21 PM
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Whilst Partionmagic will do what you want, be very careful if you intent to use it. One wrong option and good bye data Been there done that

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Originally Posted by darlodge
Whilst Partionmagic will do what you want, be very careful if you intent to use it. One wrong option and good bye data Been there done that

Darren
LOL stop scaring me getting to look like I will be leaving it as it is


BTW Cheers Fig
Old 01 June 2004, 09:59 AM
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If the HDD is formatted using NTFS, i'm pretty sure you can convert the basic disk to dynamic and you can alter the partition sizes.

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Whatever you do, backup all your non re-installable data.

You could always buy a new hard disk, aria are selling 40Gb hard disks for £32!
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