I used this software to clone a backup of win xp onto an ssd which worked
perfect but it split the drive into

1. A partition just slightly bigger than the backup approx 189gb
2. An empty partition of the remaining blank space about 30 odd gb

I have no idea why and I can't find anything about it on google.

Anyone know if I can reclaim this space and expand the xp partition back to
the available 223gb on the 240gb adata ssd

On 15/03/2022 21:58, The safest gaven wrote:
> I used this software to clone a backup of win xp onto an ssd which
> worked perfect but it split the drive into
>
> 1. A partition just slightly bigger than the backup approx 189gb
> 2. An empty partition of the remaining blank space about 30 odd gb
>
> I have no idea why and I can't find anything about it on google.
>
> Anyone know if I can reclaim this space and expand the xp partition back
> to the available 223gb on the 240gb adata ssd
>
>

Have you installed Service Pack 3 ?

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On 15 Mar 2022 at 21:58:37 GMT, ""The safest gaven"" <s@v.info> wrote:

> I used this software to clone a backup of win xp onto an ssd which worked
> perfect but it split the drive into
>
> 1. A partition just slightly bigger than the backup approx 189gb
> 2. An empty partition of the remaining blank space about 30 odd gb

Never used that tool, but most partition cloners have an "expand to fill
space?" option to tick. If you don't, you'll get the situation you have.

> Anyone know if I can reclaim this space and expand the xp partition back to
> the available 223gb on the 240gb adata ssd

Either go look for that tickbox and reclone, or the tool might have a
'resize partitions' feature, many do.

Cheers - Jaimie
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On 16/03/2022 08:45, Abandoned_Trolley wrote:
> On 15/03/2022 21:58, The safest gaven wrote:
>> I used this software to clone a backup of win xp onto an ssd which
>> worked perfect but it split the drive into
>
> Have you installed Service Pack 3 ?
>

?

Back in the day, Service pack 3 sure fixed security bugs but also got
blame for slowing machines down.

Today, if someone is using XP - is there much benefit of SP3 over
earlier? Especially for users that have taken pains to isolate their
machines from the internet and malware?

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>
> Back in the day, Service pack 3 sure fixed security bugs but also got
> blame for slowing machines down.
>
> Today, if someone is using XP - is there much benefit of SP3 over
> earlier? Especially for users that have taken pains to isolate their
> machines from the internet and malware?
>

I was under the impression that there was a mid-life upgrade to XP which
allowed / forced it to use 48 bit LBNs - extending the size of an
individual disk beyond 137GB (or whatever)

Also .... no mention (yet) of SATA / SSD drivers for XP ?

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On 16 Mar 2022 at 15:24:52 GMT, "Abandoned_Trolley"
<fred@fred-smith.co.uk> wrote:

>
>>
>> Back in the day, Service pack 3 sure fixed security bugs but also got
>> blame for slowing machines down.
>>
>> Today, if someone is using XP - is there much benefit of SP3 over
>> earlier? Especially for users that have taken pains to isolate their
>> machines from the internet and malware?
>>
>
>
> I was under the impression that there was a mid-life upgrade to XP which
> allowed / forced it to use 48 bit LBNs - extending the size of an
> individual disk beyond 137GB (or whatever)
>
> Also .... no mention (yet) of SATA / SSD drivers for XP ?

I *think* you're thinking of Win2k, with those limits.

XPsp2 is fine with SATA and up to 2TB 512k-block HDDs, and SSD doesn't
look any different from HDD as far as XP cares.

Cheers - Jaimie

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On 3/15/2022 4:58 PM, The safest gaven wrote:
> I used this software to clone a backup of win xp onto an ssd which
> worked perfect but it split the drive into
>
> 1. A partition just slightly bigger than the backup approx 189gb
> 2. An empty partition of the remaining blank space about 30 odd gb
>
> I have no idea why and I can't find anything about it on google.
>
> Anyone know if I can reclaim this space and expand the xp partition back
> to the available 223gb on the 240gb adata ssd
>
> I use the free version of EaseUS Partition Master, which is still
supported all the way back to XP.
https://www.easeus.com/download/epmf-download.html
Click either of the the big blue buttons with "Free Download" in it.
The rest are to try and get you to purchase a paid version of it.

They will require an email address to send the actual download link info to.

With that program you can grow the existing bootable partition until it
takes up all the drive or even a second partition with it's own drive
letter.