WinXP - Logical Partition D on C

[saw15]

I was given a laptop that had a logical partition d on the C Drive. I have removed the partition, but now want to reallocate the space from D back to C.

Can I do this with Disk Mgmt (won't let me)? If you can, please advise so I can attempt to do this.

Thanks in advance...

SW

 

[MasterRacker]

You can't do this natively in Windows to my knowledge. You need a 3rd party partition manager. Powerquest Partition Magic and Acronis PartitionExpert are two well known pay programs.

For free products you could also try Ranish Partition Manageror Zeleps Partition Resizer

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[saw15]

Thanks... that is what I thought. I typically used partition magic, but thought by now there might be someway to do this within windows itself.

 

[bcastner]

You can do partition extensions with Diskpart natively. The only problem is that you are trying to do this when C is the boot volume.

extend [size=n][noerr]

Use the extend command to cause the current in-focus volume to be extended into contiguous unallocated space. The unallocated space must follow (it must be of higher sector offset than) the in-focus partition. The intended use of this command is to grow an existing basic data partition into newly created space on an extended hardware Raid logical unit number (LUN).

If the partition had been previously formatted with the NTFS file system, the file system is automatically extended to occupy the larger partition, and data loss does not occur. If the partition had been previously formatted with any file system format other than NTFS, the command is unsuccessful and does not change the partition.

Diskpart blocks the extension of only the current system or boot partition.

 

[linney]

Just out of interest, was that partition D: created by the previous user, or the OEM manufacturer, and if OEM, do you have a Recovery CD, or was the partition holding your recovery files, as is sometimes the case with laptops?

New, Free, Graphical Partitioning Tool

http://langa.com/newsletters/2006/2006-04-10.htm

BootIt NG

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/prodgrid.html

"Laptop Setup Secrets"

http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=163105444

Wiping Out Special "Recovery" Partitions, Pt. 1

http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-02-06.htm