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Re: resize primary partition
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David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 7 Sep 2002 14:13:57 -0700
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On 6 Sep 2002, at 22:35, Andy Gio wrote:

> I have a 20 gig HD which was divided into two 10 gig partitions,
> C- D, C being the primary. I used FDISK to delete the drive and
> the partition D. How do I get the primary C partition to recognize
> the newly freed space.

  Windows 2000 and XP include tools to join several partitions (may
be limited to NTFS...) together as a single volume (drive letter),
but so far as I know, if you want to truly "grow" a single partition,
you'll need a third-party product such as Partition Magic -- which
can do the job nicely.

Dave Gillett

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