Original Title: Hard drive partitions are reversed- the OS is on drive H and the C drive is almost emptyI did a system recovery(destrutive). I deleted a partition. C and D remain as choices on the recovery console. There were three choices. After the recovery I had Windows XP 1985-2001. I upgraded to XP version 2000. After upgrading to SP2 including all updates and getting ready to finish up with SP3 and microsoft security essential I discovered that the OS was installed on the wrong drive.Is there a method of increasing the capacity of a basic partition after it is already a part of the hard drive formatting?

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Original Title: Hard drive partitions are reversed- the OS is on drive H and the C drive is almost emptyI did a system recovery(destrutive). I deleted a partition. C and D remain as choices on the recovery console. There were three choices. After the recovery I had Windows XP 1985-2001. I upgraded to XP version 2000. After upgrading to SP2 including all updates and getting ready to finish up with SP3 and microsoft security essential I discovered that the OS was installed on the wrong drive.Is there a method of increasing the capacity of a basic partition after it is already a part of the hard drive formatting?===============================================Maybe the following freeware would be worth a look:(FWIW...it's always a good idea to create a System Restore point before installing software or updates)EASEUS Partition Managerhttp://www.partition-tool.com/download.htm(Win 2000 Pro, XP, Vista, 7)How To Resize Your Partitions with EASEUS Partition Managerhttp://maketecheasier.com/how-to-resize-your-partitions-with-easeus-partition-manager/2008/12/04Good luck.....Volunteer J - MS-MVP - Digital Media Experience - Notice_This is not tech support_I am a volunteer - Solutions that work for me may not work for you - ***Proceed at your own risk***