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Old 12th Mar 2007, 12:59
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Windows 2000 and Basic vs Dynamic partitions

I have a Windows 2000 system on which the C: drive (system and boot) has become uncomfortably full. There is actually plenty of space on the physical disc, just that C: is too small.

Problem is that I can't change the size of C: as windows has the restrictoin that volumes originally created on a basic disk and then upgraded to dynamic discs cannot be extended. According to M'soft the only way to go back to a basic disk is to back up all the files, delete all the partitions, then convert and restore. Great for the C: drive!

Norton partition magic 8 does not understand dynamic discs, so that is no help either.

Any suggestions?
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