Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 1998 15:21:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Travis Siegel <tsiegel AT softcon DOT com>
To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	dr dos and fdisk
In-Reply-To:	<ACR6z3saiQ@belous.munic.msk.su>
Message-ID:	<Pine.LNX.3.96.980929151326.3413B-100000@softcon.com>
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I have a strange problem that perhaps someone can help me with.  I've
recently obtained a new 2.5GB hd for my desk top machine.  Using the
software that came with the drive I partitioned the drive into 3 pieces,
and proceeded to put my data on it.  Unfortunately, w/o my knowledge, the
stupid software made the second drive one large extend partition, with 3
logical drives in that extended partition.  (Not at all what I wanted)
Since it never gave me the option to change anything, I tracked down a
program called presizer that allowed me to resize, move, and handle
partitions independent of that stupid software or fdisk.  Well, I managed
to shrink the extended partition, and create a primary dos partition.  Adn
I can even boot from that primary partition now.  the problem though, is
that I also shrank the extended partition again, and wanted to create a
primar partition in the empty space left y the shrinking of the extended
partition.  But now the problem is, fdisk sees the blank space, even tells
me it's free space, but refuses to allow me to do anything with it.  Is
there some way I can fix this slight difficulty? Presizer won't let me do
anything with it except reexpand the extended partition to fill that space
again (not what I want at all)   I'm not sure how I managed to create the
original primary partition I have there now, but I know fdisk did the job.
In any case, is there some way I can reclaim this free space (which fdisk
sees as free space) and turn it into a partition of some sort?

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