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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.- -- MSPRISSYSMOM |
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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 -- Brink *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com) *Please post feedback to help others.* |
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Reinstalled Vista
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.- -- MSPRISSYSMOM |
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"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.- -- MSPRISSYSMOM Unlikely that a recovery partition would be so large.. -- Mike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |
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If you read the post the person said nothing is in the drive d. -- mansrm81 If you think I helped you fix your problem give me some rep . Click on the scales. [image: http://www.vistax64.com/members/mans...-untitled.jpg] |
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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 -- SIW2 |