Partition Question

[Brian]

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Hello,

I have a PC someone wants me to use Partition Magic on. We want to combine C
and D partitions into on partition. However, this machine, oddly, boots from
D. So, will I want to combine C into D? Will it still boot OK if I do?

Thanks,
Brian

 

[Guest]

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Brian wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a PC someone wants me to use Partition Magic on. We want to combine C
> and D partitions into on partition. However, this machine, oddly, boots from
> D. So, will I want to combine C into D? Will it still boot OK if I do?

You say it boots from D but does it really boot from D or does Windows
run from D? Where are boot.ini, ntldr and ntdetect.com? If these are
on C then the PC is booting from C. If that is the case, the easiest
approach would be to remove everything from C save for those files (and
bootsect.dos and ntbootdd.sys if present) and then resize C down to the
smallest possible size. The resize/move D to take up the free space
created by the shrinking of C.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows
http://support.telop.org

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[Guest]

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Red flag here. What's on C:? This a hidden partition?

"Brian" <brian_wolters@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have a PC someone wants me to use Partition Magic on. We want to combine
C
> and D partitions into on partition. However, this machine, oddly, boots
from
> D. So, will I want to combine C into D? Will it still boot OK if I do?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
>
>