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Article #4509Re:Q:Partitioning and Partition Magic?
From: Gail Koontz
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 00:00
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In message <5bud47$7lp@mblisd.macquarie.com.au> - rolan@ibm.net (Randy Olan)20 Jan 1997 00:09:43 GMT writes: :> :>Hi, :> :>I have Partition Magic 1.0 and would like to create another :>Primary partition on my HD. I've currently got two Primary :>partitions with Win95 and OS/2, and one extended partition with :>two logical partitions. I've tried creating free space with :>Partition Magic, but FDISK (DOS) can't see the free space :>and hence can't create a partition. The Create Partition choice :>on the Drives menu in OS/2 can see the free space but will only :>create a logical partition. :> :>Is there anyway I can create another Primary partition :>without destroying my current setup? If not does :>Partition Magic 3.0 allow you to do this? :> :>TIA, :>Randy :> I may be missing something here, but you can either have four primary partitions or three primary and one extended. You already have the latter, since boot manager counts as a primary partition. I don't see how you can add another by any means. You could maybe reinstall OS/2 on a new logical partition then reuse the primary partition it was in, but that definitely destroys your existing setup. Gail Koontz Retired in my home state 836 Mallard Rd. . . . and loving it! Cocoa, FL 32926 gail.koontz@quancon.com Team OS/2
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10a752,1a7d12d079f5344c X-Google-Attributes: gid10a752,public X-Google-Thread: 112d6c,1a7d12d079f5344c X-Google-Attributes: gid112d6c,public From: gail.koontz@quancon.com (Gail Koontz) Subject: Re:Q:Partitioning and Partition Magic? Date: 1997/01/20 Message-ID: <5bvloq$n3r@news.dx.net> X-Deja-AN: 211010861 references: <5bud47$7lp@mblisd.macquarie.com.au> organization: The DataXchange Network, Inc newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,aus.computers.os2