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quick partition magic 8 question

3xploit

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right now i have two partitions on my hdd, both have xp installed. I want to to delete the first partition, c drive, and put the free space in the second partition, d drive. In partition magic i did the following things:

delete C drive
allocate free space to d drive

if i click apply changes it gives me the warning: "there is no active partition. are you sure you want to apply changes?" so i click no and now i'm stuck. also i cannot find any option to set D as the active partition.

in partition magic it says d drive is "logical". should i convert it to "primary"?

if i go ahead and click yes will it mess up my hdd/data?
 

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I have partitioned my C: drive (with my main data) while windows was installed. It worked fine. PLEASE PLEASE defrag first, otherwise it WILL fail.
 

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I have partitioned my C: drive (with my main data) while windows was installed. It worked fine. PLEASE PLEASE defrag first, otherwise it WILL fail.

is it necessary to change d drive to primary?
 

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If I understand correctly:

Windows is installed on C and D
You want to delete C
You wanna take the space from C and put it to D

If so, then make D the primary drive!
 
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