convert primary partitions to logicals without losing data

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I have 4 partitions on my Hard disc:

  1. System reserved - 100 MB - (Windows 7 create it)
  2. C: - 145 GB- (My Windows 7 sp1 installed in it
  3. D: -210 GB- (I use It for my softwares)
  4. E: -210 GB- (I use it for my multimedia)

my hard disk also have 60 GB unallocated space. How I can convert D: and E: partitions to logical without losing data and spend huge of time?

Ehsan

Posted 2013-04-29T07:53:29.903

Reputation: 107

Why don't you just extend D or E and combine the 60GB of unallocated space? To answer your question, you need to backup the data, beacause any tool you use can cause data loss. – Ramhound – 2013-04-29T10:47:58.347

And since data loss is very much an avoidable horror, I would like to take this opportunity to advocate you should have backed up your data already. – Marcks Thomas – 2013-04-29T17:24:54.897

Answers

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Some commercial Windows tools can do this, as can my open source FixParts. With FixParts, at least, there is one caveat: It requires at least one free sector before each to-be-logical partition. Thus, to convert your D: and E:, you may need to shrink C: and D: with another tool before running FixParts.

Rod Smith

Posted 2013-04-29T07:53:29.903

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