primary to logical

[arubioe]

I have a C: unit as extended and logical, and a D: unit as primary in windows 2000 professional. How can i switch this without loss data??
final result may be:

c: primary partition
d: extended partition with logical unit

thankssss

 

[Enkrypted]

Just change the Master/Slave settings around on each drive...and make sure the BIOS sees this change... Enkrypted
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[arubioe]

you dont understand me, i have a only drive with two partitions: c and d

 

[Enkrypted]

You would need a partition management program in order to do that. I would recommend Partition Magic. That should allow you to manipulate your partitions without any data loss. I've used it plenty of times and it always works like magic for me. However, I still recommend backing up important files just in case... Enkrypted
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[wolluf]

If win2k is installed on one of these drive letters (which it presumably is) then changing it will cause problems (Partition Magic will, with warnings and

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q223188

also tells you how, but recommends not to). If you really want to rearrange drive letters, suggest backup and reinstall.