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If you run out of disk space in your DOS partition, you
have three options:
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Use the disk compression software supplied with DOS 6 or later. This has the
disadvantages that the compressed drive cannot
be usefully read from the RISCOS Desktop and that there is an increased
risk of data loss if corruption occurs
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Increase the partition size.
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If you have only one partition, simply create a further partition using
!PCConfig
To increase the partition size you have to create a new partition file;
it is not possible to change the size of an existing partition file.
Unless you have space for both the old and the new partitions, you must
back up all your data, delete the old partition, create the new one, and
reinstall your data.
However, if you have space for both partitions, then it is much easier
and quicker to transfer the data using DOS. The details of this operation
will vary according to whether you have one or two partitions, and their
names, but here is the principle. You create the new larger, partition,
copy all the data from the old partition to it, then make the PC card use
the new partition. Once this is done you can delete the old partition.
To create a new partition
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Use !PCConfig to create a new partition file of the required size as drive
D, but call it NewDrv_C. If you have a second partition file already,
make sure that the new one you are creating has a different name, otherwise
you will overwrite your existing file.
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Start up !PC. Your old file is drive C:, the new one drive D:
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Use DOS’s XCOPY or Windows file manager to copy everything from drive C:
to drive D:
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Quit !PC.
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Use !PCConfig to use NewDrv_C as drive C:, and not to use drive
D:.
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Run !PC. You should now have the new partition file as Drive C:, however
it will not yet be bootable, so you must boot from a DOS floppy, run fdisk,
and make the primary partition active.
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Once you can boot from the new drive, delete the old Drive_C partition,
and if you had an earlier second partition, drag it back to !PCConfig.
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If you wish, rename NewDrv_C to Drive_C and update !PCConfig
to reflect this change.
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