Ken Blake, MVP replied to cjlars
31-Jan-10 02:07 PM
Unfortunately, no version of Windows before Vista provides any way of
changing the existing partition structure of the drive
nondestructively. The only way to do what you want is with third-party
software. Partition Magic is the best-known such program, but there
are freeware/shareware alternatives. One such program is BootIt Next
Generation. it is shareware, but comes with a free 30-day trial, so you
should be able to do what you want within that 30 days. I have not used
it myself (because I have never needed to use *any* such program), but
it comes highly recommended by several other MVPs here.
Whatever software you use, make sure you have a good backup before
beginning. Although there is no reason to expect a problem, things
*can* go wrong.
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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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