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How can I merge C:\ with another partition?



 
 
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Old January 20th 09, 03:39 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
MadBull
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Default How can I merge C:\ with another partition?


Hi,

I'm one of those people who thought it would be a cool idea to
partition 20GB for Vista out of a 320GB hard drive for "aesthetic"
reasons. Now I'm falling back on this idea because my programs are
installed ona different drive letter and do not show up on the Program
Files. On top of that, if I get a virus or some sort of anoyying
malware, formatting the vista partition does NOT make my program files
still usable.

So here's my situation, drive C:\ is for Vista, drive E:\ is just
Program Files. Is there a way I can merge the two drives without
re-installing Vista (chipset drivers, drivers, software, preferences,
urrrghhh....)? Without re-installing all the contents of E:\Program
Files? Making E:\Program Files\ show up in the Program Files menu?

Thanks in advance,
Mad


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Old January 20th 09, 07:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
Mike Torello
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Default How can I merge C:\ with another partition?

MadBull wrote:

Hi,

I'm one of those people who thought it would be a cool idea to
partition 20GB for Vista out of a 320GB hard drive for "aesthetic"
reasons. Now I'm falling back on this idea because my programs are
installed ona different drive letter and do not show up on the Program
Files. On top of that, if I get a virus or some sort of anoyying
malware, formatting the vista partition does NOT make my program files
still usable.

So here's my situation, drive C:\ is for Vista, drive E:\ is just
Program Files. Is there a way I can merge the two drives without
re-installing Vista (chipset drivers, drivers, software, preferences,
urrrghhh....)? Without re-installing all the contents of E:\Program
Files? Making E:\Program Files\ show up in the Program Files menu?


Can't "merge" two partitions. One of 'em has to go.

If you're going to use Vista's Disk Management, it will have to be E.
Obviously, you'll have to reinstall all the programs that are on E.
 




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