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"Jon F. Persinger" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 22 Dec 2001 07:12:56 -0500
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>>I have tried to re-partition a hard drive in XP but had no luck.  (You
don't even want to
know what happened with that!)  I can change partition sizes if I have more
then one
already, but try it with just one partition... Yikes!<<

You will probably have to boot the PC from your CD-ROM, assuming
your computer supports that.  Rerun the set-up from there.  One of the
options
during the DOS-mode set-up is to repartition the hard drive.  Realize that
you will lose everything in the process of doing this.

I seriously doubt XP will let you change the partition size of the drive
it is running from.  Another option to look at would be PowerQuest's
"Partition Magic" program.  It's about $60 and the new version is XP
compatible.
You can run it from a floppy then reorg that drive.  (At least you could
with the
older versions.)

Hope that helps.

Jon Persinger

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