Resize NTSF partition w/ PartitionMagic

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thewolfe

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Resize NTSF partition w/ PartitionMagic

I have installed XP on an new 120GB HD.

I now want to add an extended partition and then some partitions in there.

I used NTFS for the XP.

Now when I go into PM, I can't add an extended partition.

The C: partition is taking the whole drive space and I can't resize.

I did this before with a 30GB but used FAT32.

Any ideas?
 
what version of PM are you using, also is it activated? i use 8.0 and also have a 120 gig and it partitions just fine, also when making pre changes like telling it how big you want the partition to be, do you apply the changes? should work from there
 
I have 6 ands I understand it won't work w/ NTSF so....I'm going to re-install and use FAT32
 
thewolfe said:
Now I'm considering purchasing partition Magic 8 and using NTSF. A downside to NTSF?

Let's clarify - that's NTFS as in file system.

The one major drawback is the overhead. But on a 120 GB HDD - that should be a very minor one as you will have plenty of room to work with.

By the way, I use PM 6.0 and it works with NTFS partitions just fine.
 
thewolfe said:
What's the largest size drive you've used with it?

The issue is not how much NTFS can support, but rather how large of a HDD your Windows OS can support.

I have a 200 GB internal IDE drive formatted with NTFS. (W2K OS) I like to use separate partitions since I dual boot with Win98 and keep all my programs and games and separate partitions. PM will should see the entire capacity of the HDD as long as your BIOS/ OS sees its correctly.
 
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