Quick Question on Partitioning New HD

hitman · 20 Feb 2010 at 10:53

Have accidently partitioned my Hard Drive in MB not GB and want to extend the partitions.

When I attempt to do this a message is shown saying the hd will become dynamic and I wont be able to place any OS on the disc which will become dynamic??

How do I simply extend the partitions??

Cheers

droyden · 20 Feb 2010 at 13:33

Gparted bootcd will resize it

hitman · 20 Feb 2010 at 17:56

cheers droyden - easy to use ??

hitman · 20 Feb 2010 at 18:13

One thing, I have no data on these partitions - can't I simply delete them and start again??

hitman · 20 Feb 2010 at 18:47

In the end I used partition wizard - free and very easy to use
Simply deleted the partitions and started again

Not sure if anyone will read this now but I've got 3 primary partitions on my HD taking up all the space. Is this ok or do I need to leave some unallocated space and is it ok to have all primary partitions - couldn't work out how to create extended partitions!

droyden · 20 Feb 2010 at 21:50

No that will be fine

hitman · 21 Feb 2010 at 14:38

cheers droyden

master811 · 21 Feb 2010 at 19:20

Extended partitions will only be of use if you need more than 3 partitions on your drive anyway, the only difference between them is extended ones can't have an OS on them, but there is no limit to the number you can have.