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how can i can increase the partition size of xp on a drive ? 1
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There's no way of increasing a partition size (without removing and recreating it) in either 2k or XP. Disk management (run diskmgmt.msc) is the tool in both operating systems to manage partitioning. To resize existing partition, you need third party software, Partition Magic being the most commonly used, I would think.
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Increase Your Disk Space with a Volume Set
Is one of your partitions getting tight? You could buy a new hard disk and copy all your files to the new disk. But what if you don't want to change the partition they're on? You just want to add space to the disk. You can do this with Windows XP Professional by using something called a "Spanned Volume". If your original disk is a Dynamic disk and the volume was created on the Dynamic disk, then you can "extend" or expand the size of the volume. Here's how:
1. Open the Disk Management console by typing diskmgmt.msc in the Run command. In the Disk Management window, right-click the simple or spanned volume you want to extend, then click Extend Volume.
2. On the "Welcome to the Extend Volume Wizard" page, click Next.
3. On the Select Disks page, click to select the disk or disks on to which you want to extend the volume, and then click Add.
4. Verify that the disks onto which you want to extend the volume are listed in the "Selected dynamic disks" box.
5. In the Size box, specify the amount of unallocated disk space (in MB) that you want to add, and then Next.
6. On the "Completing the Extend Volume Wizard" page, ensure the options that you selected are correct, and then click Finish.
Note that you can only extend an NTFS volume, or one that you haven't formatted yet. You also can't extend your boot volume (the one containing the \WINDOWS folder) or the system volume (your primary active partition, typically your C: drive). Give this a try.
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Is one of your partitions getting tight? You could buy a new hard disk and copy all your files to the new disk. But what if you don't want to change the partition they're on? You just want to add space to the disk. You can do this with Windows XP Professional by using something called a "Spanned Volume". If your original disk is a Dynamic disk and the volume was created on the Dynamic disk, then you can "extend" or expand the size of the volume. Here's how:
1. Open the Disk Management console by typing diskmgmt.msc in the Run command. In the Disk Management window, right-click the simple or spanned volume you want to extend, then click Extend Volume.
2. On the "Welcome to the Extend Volume Wizard" page, click Next.
3. On the Select Disks page, click to select the disk or disks on to which you want to extend the volume, and then click Add.
4. Verify that the disks onto which you want to extend the volume are listed in the "Selected dynamic disks" box.
5. In the Size box, specify the amount of unallocated disk space (in MB) that you want to add, and then Next.
6. On the "Completing the Extend Volume Wizard" page, ensure the options that you selected are correct, and then click Finish.
Note that you can only extend an NTFS volume, or one that you haven't formatted yet. You also can't extend your boot volume (the one containing the \WINDOWS folder) or the system volume (your primary active partition, typically your C: drive). Give this a try.
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