Roman
I'd agree with Julian: "Partition Magic" is the only tool I know of that
can re-allocate partitions at run-time on a FAT32 Windows disk ...
Reliably! But it is expensive.
A quick web search turns up other freeware solutions, so if you are
feeling brave (and I suppose with the image still on the original 60GB
disk you have nothing to lose but time and hair) you could try something
like this
http://partitionlogic.org.uk/
I also had a quick read of the blurb on the Paragon Partition manager
software you are using, which I've never come across before. It seems
able to resize NTFS partitions upwards, so while I understand that you
need the disk image in FAT32 format when first booted couldn't you do
this:
Boot system from new FAT32 disk
Convert that disk to NTFS (which shouldn't lose any data) ("convert C:
/FS:NTFS" at a command prompt, assuming drive C)
Then increase partition size using the Paragon stuff.
I accept that FAT32 =3D> NTFS is a one-way process, but surely that won't
matter if it all works!
Good luck
Christopher Bell
Ps: If it's any consolation growing disk partition size is a complete
PITA on every Linux and Unix system I've ever come across - except,
surprisingly, IBM systems.
| Martin,
|
| Part of Windows thinks the file format is is RAW while
| another part of Windows (Disk Manager) correctly reports it
| as FAT32. The same refers to disk size. A bit schizophrenic, isn't it?
|
| Unfortunately, I can't reformat the disk and reinstall
| Windows from a fresh copy because I won't be able to run the
| pre-installed proprietary software.
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