FDISKing current HDD - Win2KPro?

[Brangwen]

Fellow Members:

The "downside" of utilities for the lazy computer operater. I used to run Win98se and happily utilized Partition Magic for changing partition sizes to suit my fancy ... and needs.

I switched to Win2KPro and would never go back to my old OS ... BUT Win2KPro does not support my version (v.5 I think) of Partition Magic.

Now, I must use ... I suspect ... FDISK to resize my partitions ... which were originally created by Partition Magic.

Will I have difficulty FDISK-ing under these circumstances, i.e., re-sizing my partitions on my running HDD in light of the partitions originally being created with the PM software?

How would I proceed to utilize FDISK?

Thx very much.

Brangwen

Use a windows 98SE boot disk to boot your PC. At A: type fdisk and go through the on screen options.

fdisk (Fixed Disk) can be used to delete/create/manage partitions on a hard drive created by PM so there should be no issues.

[necromancer]

Try Ranish Partition Manager, it's free and should be able to do everything you want.

[Brangwen]

Shahani & Neocromancer:

I will try your suggestions! Thx.

Brangwen

[nukes]

Quote:

re-sizing my partitions on my running HDD in light of the partitions originally being created with the PM software?

FDISK can't resize partitions, just create and delete partitions and logical drives. Only Primary + extended DOS partitions at that.

[Brangwen]

nukes:

Then what would you propose? I have not tried the link in the second reply ... Perhaps Partition Magic makes a utility for Win2KPro ...

Thx.

Brangwen