2007-04-18 19:23:13 · 6 answers · asked by ajay 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Partition Magic (£)
Or
Disk Management and you access it from Administrative Tools via Control panel.
It allows you to set the size and partition type etc.
2007-04-18 20:03:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the answers so far are correct, in theory you should not lose your data. However in computing there is a law, whatever can go wrong will go wrong. Always play safe, a USB hard drive of 250 gig costs £60 or less if you shop around. Back up all your important files onto one and the partition your internal. If anything goes wrong you still have your files. You really should back up once a week at least. I have converted over 200 records (LP's) to MP3, it took months and it's all backed up on an external. If my hard drive dies (and they do) I can always put it on a new computer and my work is safe. Hope this helps.
2007-04-19 03:59:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is another free tool to do this that might seem like an unlikely source.
First, as everyone has mentioned, defrag the drive, preferably in safe mode.
If you search the web, you will find a CD image for a bootable linux system recovery cd. When you boot from this CD, just type "run_qtparted" after linux has booted. I have used this and not lost any data yet over several usages. When you boot Windows again it will problably want to reboot and run a complete check disk - just let it do so and when it reboots everything should be fine.
2007-04-18 19:46:58 · answer #3 · answered by gcos7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The safest software can partition your hard drive without deleting the data is the partition magic.
If you really need to partition your HDD please spend a few $$ rather than ended up crying.
On the news/forums, partition magic can simply repartition your HDD without a single file lost.
In Administrative tools, you cannot repartition the HDD unless unallocated space. But it's a very risky moved if you convert the HDD into wrong type. You can end up losing your data.
2007-04-18 22:33:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The standard is Partition Magic.
There might be a cheaper or free program out there, but I've learned to trust PM after years of use.
2007-04-18 19:27:09 · answer #5 · answered by Jim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. Defrag it first, then use Partition Magic. Follow the instructions.
2007-04-18 19:31:38 · answer #6 · answered by dogpoop 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋