Dual partition

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I have a dual patition with vista(not functioning) on the c drive as primary
capadity 108GB 2 used, and an E drive running XP 40GB 39.6Gb used. Please
note I like the vista program. But in this instance I think it would be best
probably to reformat entire disk and just a single drive. I have an external
hard drive of 320GB, but how do I put my entire E drive to it so that I can
restore it completely to the reformatted disc without losing anything or the
links and shortcuts within E drive. Ahve tried repartitioning but realise
will not resize the partition with Vista as the operating system even though
it is not functioning. If you hae another suggestion please make it Thank you

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>I have a dual patition with vista(not functioning) on the c drive as
primary
capadity 108GB 2 used, and an E drive running XP 40GB 39.6Gb used. Please
note I like the vista program. But in this instance I think it would be
best
probably to reformat entire disk and just a single drive. I have an
external
hard drive of 320GB, but how do I put my entire E drive to it so that I
can
restore it completely to the reformatted disc without losing anything or
the
links and shortcuts within E drive. Ahve tried repartitioning but realise
will not resize the partition with Vista as the operating system even
though
it is not functioning. If you hae another suggestion please make it Thank
you

You need software that will make and restore an image of the entire
partition. One (free) option is utilities supplied by most major hard drive
manufacturers. Got to your hard drive maker's web site and look for a
downloadable imaging utility. There are also several commercial choices. One
I use (and like) is Acronis True Image.

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Would it be better to keep the partitions and have booting properly again
then resize? thanks for previoushelp