Partition expansion

Aiadi

Is there an easy and safe way to expand the size of a partition without the risk of losing any data?

Thanks in advance for any help.

L400ras

try partition magic "Symantec's Norton PartitionMagic™ 8.0 lets you easily organize your hard drive by creating, RESIZING, copying, and merging disk partitions. Separate your operating system, applications, documents, music, photos, games, and backup files to reduce the risk of data loss if your system crashes. You can also use multiple partitions to run different operating systems safely and efficiently. "

http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/system_performance/pm80/index.html

nowtsquared

Lots of ways to do it, but first can you provide some more information as to what your hardware and software setup is - inc current partitions and what it is you want to achieve.

espresso

Partition Magic will do the job but if you want a free package try Partition Manager by Ranish

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IvanOpinion

There is ALWAYS a risk of losing data when doing partition resizing therefore make sure you take a backup of anything important first. Ranish or PM should work though.

Ivan

Little_John

IvanOpinion wrote:

There is ALWAYS a risk of losing data when doing partition resizing therefore make sure you take a backup of anything important first. Ranish or PM should work though.

Ivan

Spot on I was just going to point that out

nickmack

Backup, Defrag then use one of the Partition tools suggested is the safest course of action.

Aiadi

Many thanks indeed to everybody for all your replies. My laptop runs on XP and I'll be doing the back up and then try your helpful suggestions. Thanks for all your help.