Golfguy

Richard

Thanks - please excuse my ignorance but how do I then shink the extended
partition?

Murray


"Richard Urban" wrote:

> After shrinking the drives/partitions within the extended partition you have
> to then shrink the container (the extended partition) also. Then you will
> have freed up space (called unallocated space). This space must be at the
> beginning of the extended partition, immediately after C: drive. You can
> then extend the C: drive/partition and use this space
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> "Golfguy" <Golfguy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4A16239F-076A-4EF0-87B7-FEE95955ACD4@microsoft.com...
> >I have two hard drives installed - one of 300gb with no partitioning. The
> > other, the original drive, is partitioned as follows:
> >
> > C: (Boot etc)
> > D: (Recovery) and
> > extended partition with 4 volumes
> >
> > I have only 20% free space on C yet plenty under the extended partition.
> >
> > I can shrink any of the volumes within the extended partition and allocate
> > the free space within the other volumes but I cannot extend C: or D:
> >
> > D is FAT32 all others are NTFS.
> >
> > Withour deleting the extended partition is there any way I can extend C:
> >
> > Running Vista Home Premium on HP duo
> >
> > Thanks
> > Murray
> >
>
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