Reinstalled Vista
 

-My friend is having issues, I am relaying there problem, here goes:-

-just reinstalled Vista. It loaded into C: which is a pity as there was
a partition for it to load into named D: My C: only has 10 GB space and
is now full. D: has 325 GB and nothing goes into it!. Can I change the
drive letters to make this problem go away?

Configuration: Vista Home Premium.

History: Recently reinstalled Vista after big crash. Had no reboot
disks.-


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Reinstalled Vista
 

MSPRISSYSMOM;863361 Wrote:
-My friend is having issues, I am relaying there problem, here goes:-

-just reinstalled Vista. It loaded into C: which is a pity as there was
a partition for it to load into named D: My C: only has 10 GB space and
is now full. D: has 325 GB and nothing goes into it!. Can I change the
drive letters to make this problem go away?-

-Configuration: Vista Home Premium.-

-History: Recently reinstalled Vista after big crash. Had no reboot
disks.-

Hello MSPRISSYSMOM,

A workaround is to delete the D: partiton and extend C: into D: to make
one large drive again.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/95...te-extend.html


Next, you can shrink C: again by how much space you want for the D:
drive instead of the 325 GB before and have C: the size you want to.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/95...partition.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn


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Your D partition was almost certainly a recovery partition that would let
you restore the system to factory condition from a restore disk you created
with installed software. The first thing any Vista owner should do.
Eliminating or overwriting it will end that possibility. That means unless
you were given a full set of restore disks, not just one, and not Vista
install disks, you will end up with a system that has Vista loaded, and most
devices not working because you have not provided the drivers. You will have
go to the machine website and download and install these drivers. One that
is not likely to be working is your nic card or function, so you won't be
connected to the internet.

Since you blew it away, and have disks to install Vista, it is probably best
to delete both partitions and make one large partition on the disk on which
you install Vista. A free download called GParted is available as a disk
image, and will burn to a CD that boots temporarily to Linux, and loads a
partition manager that is easy to work with. When you are done, then
reinstall Vista.

Good luck.


"MSPRISSYSMOM" wrote in message
...

-My friend is having issues, I am relaying there problem, here goes:-

-just reinstalled Vista. It loaded into C: which is a pity as there was
a partition for it to load into named D: My C: only has 10 GB space and
is now full. D: has 325 GB and nothing goes into it!. Can I change the
drive letters to make this problem go away?

Configuration: Vista Home Premium.

History: Recently reinstalled Vista after big crash. Had no reboot
disks.-


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Reinstalled Vista
 

"Wandering" wrote in message
...
Your D partition was almost certainly a recovery partition that would let
you restore the system to factory condition from a restore disk you
created with installed software. The first thing any Vista owner should
do. Eliminating or overwriting it will end that possibility. That means
unless you were given a full set of restore disks, not just one, and not
Vista install disks, you will end up with a system that has Vista loaded,
and most devices not working because you have not provided the drivers.
You will have go to the machine website and download and install these
drivers. One that is not likely to be working is your nic card or
function, so you won't be connected to the internet.

Since you blew it away, and have disks to install Vista, it is probably
best to delete both partitions and make one large partition on the disk on
which you install Vista. A free download called GParted is available as a
disk image, and will burn to a CD that boots temporarily to Linux, and
loads a partition manager that is easy to work with. When you are done,
then reinstall Vista.

Good luck.


"MSPRISSYSMOM" wrote in message
...

-My friend is having issues, I am relaying there problem, here goes:-

-just reinstalled Vista. It loaded into C: which is a pity as there was
a partition for it to load into named D: My C: only has 10 GB space and
is now full. D: has 325 GB and nothing goes into it!. Can I change the
drive letters to make this problem go away?

Configuration: Vista Home Premium.

History: Recently reinstalled Vista after big crash. Had no reboot
disks.-


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MSPRISSYSMOM



Unlikely that a recovery partition would be so large..


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If you read the post the person said nothing is in the drive d.


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Hi MSPRISSYSMOM ,

If you could send us a screenshot of the Disk Management window on you
friends machine, it would be helpful.

To get to it, click the Start Orb, right click Computer, click Manage,
click continue at the UAC prompt, and in the new window that opens,
click Disk Management - it takes a couple of seconds to appear.

To post a jpeg screenshot follow the tutorial below - step7 onward- to
get to the screen in step7, click the Go Advanced button at the bottom
of this page

Thanks

SIW2

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/14...ool-vista.html


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