Can you add additional space to your original MBR hard dri..

[Guest]

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Somehow, when I installed Windows XP Pro on a new 30 GB hard drive, XP setup
would not allow me above 2GB of space for the initial install. I was
surprised because I was under the understanding that only Windows NT had a
2GB limitation using NTFS. I have 2 other larger NTFS partions now on the
same hard drive, but I want to "append" my boot partition to use the
additional drive space. Is there another alternative to partioning a new
larger hard drive and copying my information to it?

 

[Neil]

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You need a program like Partition Magic to merge partitions.
I don't quite see how XP would not install to one 30GB drive though, mine is
120GB & that was no problem.
Neil

"LaZzeR" <LaZzeR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Somehow, when I installed Windows XP Pro on a new 30 GB hard drive, XP
> setup
> would not allow me above 2GB of space for the initial install. I was
> surprised because I was under the understanding that only Windows NT had a
> 2GB limitation using NTFS. I have 2 other larger NTFS partions now on the
> same hard drive, but I want to "append" my boot partition to use the
> additional drive space. Is there another alternative to partioning a new
> larger hard drive and copying my information to it?