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Thread ID: 36157	2003-08-01 19:32:00	Partition issues	Greg S (201)	Press F1

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164549	2003-08-01 19:32:00	Hi. I've got some issues to do with my partitions in XP pro... Firstly I don't have the option to reformat a logical partition on my secondary master - a screenshot is here (www.mis.co.nz) Secondly when I try to reassign a drive letter to my various logical partitions it won't let me, saying that these partitions have page file. What gives, please?	Greg S (201)
164550	2003-08-01 21:11:00	you have partitions C, D E, F, G, H. yet that table seems to be wrong, (or am I wrong) I always thought C should be the first partition of the first drive, D should be the first partition of the second drive, then you get "E to G " been all the remaining partitions of the first hard drive, then " H (to ?) " been (all) the remaining partitions of the second drive. Sorry I never helped your problem out.	frank404 (4329)
164551	2003-08-01 22:19:00	Trying turning off the Paging file (Virtual Memory) for any drive you want to change drive letter for or format. Because the Windows System is using those drives as extra memory it won't let you make drastic changes to them. Start > Control Panel > System > Advanced Tab > Performance Settings > Advanced Tab > Virtual Memory Settings (Change)... Click on the drive in the list that you want to turn the paging file off, and click the radio button next to "No Paging File". Do this for all the drives you want to change (make sure you have enough virtual memory though, perhaps by increasing VM on a drive that you're leaving the paging file on). Click OK all the way out, and then go see if you can make changes to your drives. You may need to restart your machine to see a change. HTH Mike.	Mike (15)
164552	2003-08-01 22:21:00	Frank404 - in Windows XP (and I believe in W2K as well) you can assign almost any drive letter to any drive, whether it's primary partition or logical, or on whatever disk. Mike.	Mike (15)
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