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"Merge" 2 partitions, C:(data) & D:(OS) Vista Business 32bit
In article , Lucious
says... Greeetings all, Heres my situation: Upon installation of my vista business 32bit about a year ago, I partitioned my 250GB HD into 2 partitions ~235 and ~15 for data [C:] and OS [D:] respectively, which is how it remains today, however I'm runnin' out of space on the 15GB and regretting my decision to partition in the first place. I've fumbled around on the forums and haven't really found a clear cut answer.....ultimately i want to have a single C: drive that contains OS + data without having to clean install & lose everything and start from scratch. I currently have ~40GB on C: freed up for this task if its possible. Is there a way for me to copy my OS to the C: partition, delete the D: partition, and extend the C to cover what once was D without having any problems with or loss of data/settings/OS?? Is this possible with the disk util in vista (if so, method please?) or do i have to get a 3rd party program? Thanks a bunch. No, not at this way, the OS have to stay D:. If you have a extended disk, make a backup from the OS, remove the D:, shrink the C:, make a new D: and restore the backup on it. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Jawade. MBR-rebuilders in DiskEdit! http://jawade.nl/ Met een mirror op http://jawade.fortunecity.com/ Bootmanager (+Vista +Linux), ClrMBR, DiskEdit (+Linux), POP3lezer, DOS-Filebrowser, Kalender, Webtellers en IP-log, USB-stick tester. Interesse in e-roken? Zie de groep alt.e-roken.nl |
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"Merge" 2 partitions, C:(data) & D:(OS) Vista Business 32bit
Greeetings all, Heres my situation: Upon installation of my vista business 32bit about a year ago, I partitioned my 250GB HD into 2 partitions ~235 and ~15 for data [C:] and OS [D:] respectively, which is how it remains today, however I'm runnin' out of space on the 15GB and regretting my decision to partition in the first place. I've fumbled around on the forums and haven't really found a clear cut answer.....ultimately i want to have a single C: drive that contains OS + data without having to clean install & lose everything and start from scratch. I currently have ~40GB on C: freed up for this task if its possible. Is there a way for me to copy my OS to the C: partition, delete the D: partition, and extend the C to cover what once was D without having any problems with or loss of data/settings/OS?? Is this possible with the disk util in vista (if so, method please?) or do i have to get a 3rd party program? Thanks a bunch. -- Lucious |
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"Merge" 2 partitions, C:(data) & D:(OS) Vista Business 32bit
What about shrinking C and expanding D using the disk management
capability in Vista. Jawade wrote: In article , Lucious says... Greeetings all, Heres my situation: Upon installation of my vista business 32bit about a year ago, I partitioned my 250GB HD into 2 partitions ~235 and ~15 for data [C:] and OS [D:] respectively, which is how it remains today, however I'm runnin' out of space on the 15GB and regretting my decision to partition in the first place. I've fumbled around on the forums and haven't really found a clear cut answer.....ultimately i want to have a single C: drive that contains OS + data without having to clean install & lose everything and start from scratch. I currently have ~40GB on C: freed up for this task if its possible. Is there a way for me to copy my OS to the C: partition, delete the D: partition, and extend the C to cover what once was D without having any problems with or loss of data/settings/OS?? Is this possible with the disk util in vista (if so, method please?) or do i have to get a 3rd party program? Thanks a bunch. No, not at this way, the OS have to stay D:. If you have a extended disk, make a backup from the OS, remove the D:, shrink the C:, make a new D: and restore the backup on it. |
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"Merge" 2 partitions, C:(data) & D:(OS) Vista Business 32bit
In article , bjr says...
What about shrinking C and expanding D using the disk management capability in Vista. Disk management can't do that. Another option is Acronis Disk Director. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Jawade. MBR-rebuilders in DiskEdit! http://jawade.nl/ Met een mirror op http://jawade.fortunecity.com/ Bootmanager (+Vista +Linux), ClrMBR, DiskEdit (+Linux), POP3lezer, DOS-Filebrowser, Kalender, Webtellers en IP-log, USB-stick tester. Interesse in e-roken? Zie de groep alt.e-roken.nl |