"Michael Kimmer" wrote in message ...
Balaji V wrote:
Hi:
I used Partition Magic 8 to repartion my hard disk. Now I have ended
up with a structure with two primary partitions (one being hidden). I
want to convert the hidden primary partition to a extended logical
partition. But since the second primary partition is hidden, partition
magic has all the convert and other options disabled for this
partition (it also shows file system as 1F(Hex), but I guess that is
because it is hidden).
Also now I have no extended partition at all on my hard drive.
Any help on how I can convert the hidden primary partition to a
extended logical partition is highly appreciated. Thanks in Advance.
Balaji V

If you convert the hidden primary partition to a logical, I mean *not* an
extended logical partition, the partition will be converted to a logical
partition, that is a partition that is automatically contained in an
extended partition. You do not need to create an extended partition yourself
with PartitionMagic for the program will do that automatically for you as
soon as you either create a logical partition or convert in your case a
primary partition into a logical one...

I honestly do _not_ know what an extended logical partition is for an
extended partition itself is actually a PRIMARY partition!

Hi Michael:
Thanks for the reply. Sorry it was my mistake in saying a 'extended
logical', I was actually meaning a logical partition.
My problem here is that in partition magic, for the hidden primary
partion, all the options including convert are disabled (indeed the
filesystem is shown as 1F even though it is actually fat32).
The option to delete this partition and recreate would be my last
option since I have data in that partition which I prefer not to
loose. Thanks.

Balaji V