Diskpart.exe not extending XP SP3 volume

I have an old computer with a hard drive that had been partitioned.  The operating system (XP SP3) is on the C: drive, but the C: drive has been allocated only 10 GB on a hard disk of 120 GB.  I deleted the D: partition and made unallocated space, but Diskpart still will not extend the C: drive at all.
According to the MS website, Diskpart will not extend a volume on a dynamic disk in XP, only a basic disk.  So I checked C: is formatted as a basic disk.  Then, I did all the other disk unallocated space partition and reformatted it as a basic disk.  Then I deleted the partition and once again tried to extend C:.  DiskPart extend yet not the volume, even following the instructions of Diskpart explicitly.
So, I am now considering making one unallocated space partition again, and then ghosts the c: on the new partition and delete the c: drive.  There are no programs other than the operating system on the C: drive, worth the savings.
I'm trying to make the usable hard drive, so I can sell this computer.
Another way I can try to extend the C: volume on the entire disk?
Is my drive ghost idea worth?

There are several third-party utilities that can either clone a partition with the same size or larger large size partition (see, for example, http://www.todo-backup.com/products/features/partition-clone.htm).  If you did that, then Yes, you could swap in the new drive and abandon the old disk or wipe, reformat and use it for a backup somewhere drive.

There are also several score of third-party application manager that will allows to extend system partition / boot in the adjacent free space.  See, for example, http://www.partition-tool.com/easeus-partition-manager/features.htm (this app has two benefits: it's free and it is also able to do a cloning operation if you prefer).

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