Re: [Freedos-user] Resize partition without data loss

2014-10-23 Thread Christian Imhorst
Hi all, thank you very much for your great suggestions. Especially FIPS and Partition Resizer. I tried both, but I am only able to resize partitions with these programs and not to merge two partions to one. I'll try GParted and hope it will do it well. Thanks a lot. Christian Am 22.10.2014

Re: [Freedos-user] Resize partition without data loss

2014-10-23 Thread dmccunney
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 6:30 AM, Christian Imhorst christian.imho...@gmail.com wrote: thank you very much for your great suggestions. Especially FIPS and Partition Resizer. I tried both, but I am only able to resize partitions with these programs and not to merge two partions to one. You

Re: [Freedos-user] Resize partition without data loss

2014-10-23 Thread Louis Santillan
I'd test that merge capability. IIRC, later versions of ghost and partition magic could do that. On Thursday, October 23, 2014, dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 6:30 AM, Christian Imhorst christian.imho...@gmail.com javascript:; wrote: thank you very much

Re: [Freedos-user] Resize partition without data loss

2014-10-23 Thread Carl Spitzer
Gparted the bootable cd does this easily. CWSIV -- ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] Resize partition without data loss

2014-10-22 Thread Dale E Sterner
If I were trying to increase 500 mb to 4 gig I'd do it this way. I'd use Norton Ghost(2001) to copy the 500mb partition to a suitable formatted cf chip. I'd then use fdisk to remove the old partitions and fdisk to make a new 4gig partition. Remember to make the partition active and to then run

Re: [Freedos-user] Resize partition without data loss

2014-10-22 Thread Don Flowers
DS: If I were trying to increase 500 mb to 4 gig I'd do it this way. I'd use Norton Ghost(2001) to copy the 500mb partition to a suitable formatted cf chip. In reality, here is what I do: My setup is a 320gb hd. 1st partition is 2.0gb for Compaq DOS 5.0 (all my machines are compaq sff

[Freedos-user] Resize partition without data loss

2014-10-21 Thread Christian Imhorst
Hi, I have a 500MB FreeDOS partition on a 4 GB virtual hard disk. The rest of the disk is empty. Is it possible to resize the 500 MB to the whole disk without losing data? Do I use FDISK for this or another program? Thanks in advance. Best regards Christian

Re: [Freedos-user] Resize partition without data loss

2014-10-21 Thread Mateusz Viste
On 10/21/2014 03:43 PM, Christian Imhorst wrote: I have a 500MB FreeDOS partition on a 4 GB virtual hard disk. The rest of the disk is empty. Is it possible to resize the 500 MB to the whole disk without losing data? Do I use FDISK for this or another program? Yes, it is possible, but not

Re: [Freedos-user] Resize partition without data loss

2014-10-21 Thread J. Bulterman
I guess this is where GPartEd comes in. That is a Linux distribution that you can run from a CD or DVD that is specialized in resizing partitions without data loss. On 10/21/2014 03:43 PM, Christian Imhorst wrote: Hi, I have a 500MB FreeDOS partition on a 4 GB virtual hard disk. The rest of

Re: [Freedos-user] Resize partition without data loss

2014-10-21 Thread Marco Antonio Achury Palma
I'm the 90's I used a program named Fips, don't know if such program continues under development --+-+-+-+-+-+- Marco Achury 04143142282 El 21/10/2014 10:06, J. Bulterman b...@dl45.nl escribió: I guess this is where GPartEd comes in. That is a Linux distribution that you can run from a CD or

Re: [Freedos-user] Resize partition without data loss

2014-10-21 Thread dmccunney
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com wrote: Gparted will not do it properly. You will not lose data, but FreeDOS will not report the correct size of the new partition. I have found only one thing that works: Partition Resizer available here:

Re: [Freedos-user] Resize partition without data loss

2014-10-21 Thread Don Flowers
Thanks Dennis. My mistake -- I've forgotten how many broken links I've run across in my DOS apps search. it's a like a treasure hunt. :) On 10/21/14, dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com wrote: Gparted will not do it

Re: [Freedos-user] Resize partition without data loss

2014-10-21 Thread dmccunney
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/21/14, dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com wrote: Gparted will not do it properly. You will not lose data, but FreeDOS will not report the correct

Re: [Freedos-user] Resize partition without data loss

2014-10-21 Thread Ralf Quint
On 10/21/2014 11:39 AM, dmccunney wrote: On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com wrote: Gparted will not do it properly. You will not lose data, but FreeDOS will not report the correct size of the new partition. I have found only one thing that works: Partition Resizer

Re: [Freedos-user] Resize partition without data loss

2014-10-21 Thread dmccunney
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Ralf Quint freedos...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/21/2014 11:39 AM, dmccunney wrote: On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com wrote: Gparted will not do it properly. You will not lose data, but FreeDOS will not report the correct size of the