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Peter Shkabara <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:31:54 -0800
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You need to dynamically resize the partition. A popular tool to do this is
Partition Magic. There may be other programs in shareware or even freeware
that can also do this. If you like tinkering, it is possible to do the
resize manually, but it takes a lot of work and can be fatal to your data!

Peter
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The NoSpin Group
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> -----Original Message-----
> How does one change the 2GB partition to a full 20 GB
> partition without destroying the data now?  Running Fdisk
> seems to only allow the option of destroying the initial 2GB
> drive in order to have drive C have a size of 20 GB.
>
> If Fdisk cannot accomplish this job without having to
> reinstall Windows and all of the other software and data, can
> anyone suggest commercial software up to the task?
>
> Thanks.  Dave Ralph

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