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From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: How to merge partitions?
Combining that info with Partition Magic I was able to clean up the drive.
Thanks to all who responded to my problem.
Steve
For future reference for those with less experience, if you back up all of
your data safely on other media, you can "start over" in partitioning and
formatting your hard drive and copy the data back, later.
When you use the software furnished by your hard drive manufacturer, it
handles the task quickly and efficiently. It does not care how many
partitions exist or their type. It does not care if the partitions are
formatted. It does not care if data exists or not (but all data will be
erased.) It simply partitions the hard drive into the amount and size you
select. Normally people opt for from 1 to 4 partitions. I have often went as
far as having 10 partitions (for special needs.)
When you use Partition Magic (always back up all of your data before any
risky procedure such as this) it has to move lots of your data around in the
process of splitting, merging and/or resizing partitions. This is risky and
time consuming.
I am glad you got through the risky procedure. I hope your valuable data
resides on other media (another hard drive, CD or DVD etc.) for safekeeping.
Chuck
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