Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Memory configuring
Patent
1998-01-05
2000-07-11
Chan, Eddie P.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Memory configuring
711112, 711165, 711170, G06F 1202
Patent
active
060887788
ABSTRACT:
A method allows non-destructive manipulation of disk partitions defined by an IBM-compatible partition table. The disk partitions may be located on one or more disks attached to one or more disk drives. Each partition has an associated file system type. An interrupted manipulation may be resumed at a point in the progress of the manipulation near the point of interruption. Available manipulations include verifying the integrity of a partition's file system structures; displaying information about a partition; moving a partition to a different location; resizing a partition; and resizing the file system clusters. The resizing steps are illustrated with particular reference to file systems which use a file allocation table. The details required to perform these manipulations are attended to by an implementing program that requires only general direction from a user. Thus, the present invention provides a method that allows users who are unfamiliar with technical intricacies to easily manipulate IBM-compatible disk partitions, including extended partitions and logical partitions.
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PRESIZER.DOC (printout from PRESZ111.Z
Raymond Robert S
Ruff Eric J.
Chan Eddie P.
Ellis Kevin L.
PowerQuest Corporation
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