Help!! Hard drive question

[bdutta]

Suppose I install a new 30 GB HDD as secondary HDD on my Desktop, but latest bios supports say 8GB. So I used 8 GB and filled that space by data. Now, If I install a ATA Controller card and connect that hard drive to New controller, Do I need to format my hard drive to get full 30 GB? My Concern is Whether I will loose existing data in the process of getting 30 GB Hard drive space. Thanks.

 

[Boonesmi]

you can connect the 30gb drive to the new ata controller and then run a utility that can partition it (i just use fdisk) when starting fdisk it will show your 8gb partition and it will have a whole lot of unpartitioned space. you can create another partition using that empty space (but dont delete the original partion, just create a new one) then just format the new partition and its ready to be used

 

[fslove]

If you want only one partition on the drive just use partition magic which will let you resize the partition to the whole amount of the HD and NOT destroy your data.

 

[bdutta]

Originally posted by: fslove
If you want only one partition on the drive just use partition magic which will let you resize the partition to the whole amount of the HD and NOT destroy your data.

I exactly need this solution... .Thanks a lot


Where can I get Partition magic? Does it comes with Maxtor/ WD hard drive driver? If thgere is any site from which i can dload.

Also, Please tell me what steps need to follow in partition magic? because I fear if I loose data.


OS is Windows 2000 SP1

 

[Boonesmi]

partition magic isnt freeware.. link

or you can probably buy an older used version

 

[lobadobadingdong]

or if you have (access to) symantec ghost, you can connect both drives in and do a disk to disk ghosting it will automatically resize the partition and move the data over exactly like it is.