Method for manipulating disk partitions

A computer-implemented method for manipulating disk partitions, comprising the steps of:

• selecting an IBM-compatible partition located on a disk, the partition having a left edge and a right edge, the disk attached to a disk drive communicating with a source of electric power, the disk having at least one platter having a plurality of substantially concentric tracks, each track having a plurality of sectors arranged substantially in end-to-end fashion;
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• modifying the selected partition to produce a modified partition by resizing the clusters in the selected partition to produce a modified partition having a different cluster size than the selected partition without destroying user data, wherein said modifying step comprises the step of converting cluster numbers of the selected partition to corresponding cluster numbers of the modified partition.

A computer-implemented method for manipulating disk partitions, comprising of:

• selecting an IBM-compatible partition located on a disk, the partition having a left edge and a right edge, the disk attached to a disk drive communicating with a source of electric power, the disk having at least one platter having a plurality of substantially concentric tracks, each track having a plurality of sectors arranged substantially in end-to-end fashion;
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• modifying the selected partition to produce a modified partition by resizing the clusters in the selected partition to produce a modified partition having a different cluster size than the selected partition without destroying user data, wherein said selecting step comprises selecting a logical partition from the partition table.

A computer-implemented method for manipulating disk partitions, comprising the steps of:

• selecting an IBM-compatible partition located on a disk, the partition having a left edge and a right edge, the disk attached to a disk drive communicating with a source of electric power, the disk having at least one platter having a plurality of substantially concentric tracks, each track having a plurality of sectors arranged substantially in end-to-end fashion;
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• modifying the selected partition to produce a modified partition by resizing the clusters in the selected partition to produce a modified partition having a different cluster size than the selected partition without destroying user data, wherein said selecting step comprises selecting an extended partition from the partition table.

A computer-implemented method for manipulating disk partitions, comprising the steps of:

• selecting an IBM-compatible partition located on a disk, the partition having a left edge and a right edge, the disk attached to a disk drive communicating with a source of electric power, the disk having at least one platter having a plurality of substantially concentric tracks, each track having a plurality of sectors arranged substantially in end-to-end fashion;
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• modifying the selected partition to produce a modified partition by resizing the root directory in the selected partition to produce a modified partition having a different root directory size than the selected partition without destroying user data.

A computer-readable storage medium having a configuration that represents data and instructions which cause a processor to perform a method for manipulating disk partitions, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

• selecting an IBM-compatible partition located on a disk, the partition having a left edge and a right edge, the disk attached to a disk drive communicating with a source of electric power, the disk having at least one platter having a plurality of substantially concentric tracks, each track having a plurality of sectors arranged substantially in end-to-end fashion;
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• modifying the selected partition to produce a modified partition by resizing the clusters in the selected partition to produce a modified partition having a different cluster size than the selected partition without destroying user data, wherein the modifying step comprises the step of converting cluster numbers of the selected partition to corresponding cluster numbers of the modified partition.

A computer-readable storage medium having a configuration that represents data and instructions which cause a processor to perform a method for manipulating disk partitions, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

• selecting an IBM-compatible partition located on a disk, the partition having a left edge and a right edge, the disk attached to a disk drive communicating with a source of electric power, the disk having at least one platter having a plurality of substantially concentric tracks, each track having a plurality of sectors arranged substantially in end-to-end fashion;
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• modifying the selected partition to produce a modified partition by resizing the clusters in the selected partition to produce a modified partition having a different cluster size than the selected partition without destroying user data, wherein the selecting step comprises selecting a logical partition from the partition table.

A computer-readable storage medium having a configuration that represents data and instructions which cause a processor to perform a method for manipulating disk partitions, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

• selecting an IBM-compatible partition located on a disk, the partition having a left edge and a right edge, the disk attached to a disk drive communicating with a source of electric power, the disk having at least one platter having a plurality of substantially concentric tracks, each track having a plurality of sectors arranged substantially in end-to-end fashion;
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• modifying the selected partition to produce a modified partition by resizing the clusters in the selected partition to produce a modified partition having a different cluster size than the selected partition without destroying user data, wherein the selecting step comprises selecting an extended partition from the partition table.

A computer-readable storage medium having a configuration that represents data and instructions which cause a processor to perform a method for manipulating disk partitions, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

• selecting an IBM-compatible partition located on a disk, the partition having a left edge and a right edge, the disk attached to a disk drive communicating with a source of electric power, the disk having at least one platter having a plurality of substantially concentric tracks, each track having a plurality of sectors arranged substantially in end-to-end fashion;
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• modifying the selected partition to produce a modified partition by resizing the root directory in the selected partition to produce a modified partition having a different root directory size than the selected partition without destroying user data.

A computer-implemented method for manipulating disk partitions, comprising the steps of:

• selecting an IBM-compatible partition located on a disk, the partition having a left edge and a right edge, the disk attached to a disk drive communicating with a source of electric power, the disk having at least one platter having a plurality of substantially concentric tracks, each track having a plurality of sectors arranged substantially in end-to-end fashion;
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• modifying the selected partition to produce a modified partition by resizing the clusters in the selected partition to produce a modified partition having a different cluster size than the selected partition without destroying user data, wherein said modifying step comprises the step of adjusting a file system structure.

A computer-implemented method for manipulating disk partitions, comprising the steps of:

• selecting an IBM-compatible partition located on a disk, the partition having a left edge and a right edge, the disk attached to a disk drive communicating with a source of electric power, the disk having at least one platter having a plurality of substantially concentric tracks, each track having a plurality of sectors arranged substantially in end-to-end fashion;
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• modifying the selected partition to produce a modified partition by resizing the clusters in the selected partition to produce a modified partition having a different cluster size than the selected partition without destroying user data, wherein said modifying step comprises employing a data recovery method.

A computer-readable storage medium having a configuration that represents data and instructions which cause a processor to perform a method for manipulating disk partitions, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

• selecting an IBM-compatible partition located on a disk, the partition having a left edge and a right edge, the disk attached to a disk drive communicating with a source of electric power, the disk having at least one platter having a plurality of substantially concentric tracks, each track having a plurality of sectors arranged substantially in end-to-end fashion;
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• modifying the selected partition to produce a modified partition by resizing the clusters in the selected partition to produce a modified partition having a different cluster size than the selected partition without destroying user data, wherein the modifying step comprises the step of adjusting a file system structure.

A computer-readable storage medium having a configuration that represents data and instructions which cause a processor to perform a method for manipulating disk partitions, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

• selecting an IBM-compatible partition located on a disk, the partition having a left edge and a right edge, the disk attached to a disk drive communicating with a source of electric power, the disk having at least one platter having a plurality of substantially concentric tracks, each track having a plurality of sectors arranged substantially in end-to-end fashion;
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• modifying the selected partition to produce a modified partition by resizing the clusters in the selected partition to having a modified partition having a different cluster size than the selected partition without destroying user data, wherein the modifying step comprises employing a data recovery method.