Although I was aware of the Convert utility in XP and its use to convert FAT32 to NTFS etc., the article which Clive posted contained something quite new to me. (for simplicity I have quoted only the paragraph concerned below). A quick Google search has revealed nothing about how this could be done. I would be interested to hear of anyone who has expanded a partition using Convert - I always understood that something like Partition Magic was needed. Douglas On 5 Jan 2009 at 1:43, Clive Pallett wrote: > Storage can be expanded on existing drive letters without having to > repartition or reformat. Disk capacities up to 16 terabytes (256 terabytes > -- Douglas Harrison ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq