Method for manipulating disk partitions

Details Method for manipulating disk partitions Method for manipulating disk partitions

1995-02-23

1997-10-07

Chan, Eddie P.

39549701, 395439, 395492, G06F 1202

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056757697

ABSTRACT:
A method allows 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, such as FAT or HPFS. 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 converting a partition from one file system to another file system. The resizing step is illustrated with particular reference to HPFS file systems and FAT file systems. 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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Alsoft Power Utilities, Multidisk User's Guide .COPYRGT.1989-94.
Tyne, "Thinking Person's Guide to OS/2 2.1", 1993, pp. 193-195.

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