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HD Partitioned into 2 drives,now i want to combine but vista wont allow
Howdy all
I have a 160gb drive,its split into two partitions,first 95gb and second is 57gb.First is drive e and second is drive f,i have vista installed into drive f which shows as primary/boot/active,the blank 97gb is drive e which just lists as primary partition. I am using computer management to try and extend drive f to take drive e's space but i just get a disk out of space message.Is there a way to do this or do i have to just reinstall and partition from the installer?Thanks! |
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HD Partitioned into 2 drives,now i want to combine but vista wont allow
Hi,
To take over drive e, you'd have to delete the existing partition and expand f into the resulting free space by right clicking it and using that option. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "XD" wrote in message ... Howdy all I have a 160gb drive,its split into two partitions,first 95gb and second is 57gb.First is drive e and second is drive f,i have vista installed into drive f which shows as primary/boot/active,the blank 97gb is drive e which just lists as primary partition. I am using computer management to try and extend drive f to take drive e's space but i just get a disk out of space message.Is there a way to do this or do i have to just reinstall and partition from the installer?Thanks! |
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HD Partitioned into 2 drives,now i want to combine but vista wont allow
I use BootITNG
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html download it Expand it to a floppy/CDRW start system with floppy in place when it starts Do NOT install...run it from the floppy. On the next screen go to Partition Work......delete the not used partition then expand the other partition to take up the now uppartitioned space. exit.......remove floppy and reboot Have done this so many times under XP...and never lost anything. peter "XD" wrote in message ... Howdy all I have a 160gb drive,its split into two partitions,first 95gb and second is 57gb.First is drive e and second is drive f,i have vista installed into drive f which shows as primary/boot/active,the blank 97gb is drive e which just lists as primary partition. I am using computer management to try and extend drive f to take drive e's space but i just get a disk out of space message.Is there a way to do this or do i have to just reinstall and partition from the installer?Thanks! |
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HD Partitioned into 2 drives,now i want to combine but vista wont allow
I tried expanding,it wont let me expand backwards to that partition,just
forwards,if that makes any sense. "Rick Rogers" wrote in message ... Hi, To take over drive e, you'd have to delete the existing partition and expand f into the resulting free space by right clicking it and using that option. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "XD" wrote in message ... Howdy all I have a 160gb drive,its split into two partitions,first 95gb and second is 57gb.First is drive e and second is drive f,i have vista installed into drive f which shows as primary/boot/active,the blank 97gb is drive e which just lists as primary partition. I am using computer management to try and extend drive f to take drive e's space but i just get a disk out of space message.Is there a way to do this or do i have to just reinstall and partition from the installer?Thanks! |
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HD Partitioned into 2 drives,now i want to combine but vista wont allow
Hi,
Did you remove the partition first? -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "XD" wrote in message ... I tried expanding,it wont let me expand backwards to that partition,just forwards,if that makes any sense. "Rick Rogers" wrote in message ... Hi, To take over drive e, you'd have to delete the existing partition and expand f into the resulting free space by right clicking it and using that option. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "XD" wrote in message ... Howdy all I have a 160gb drive,its split into two partitions,first 95gb and second is 57gb.First is drive e and second is drive f,i have vista installed into drive f which shows as primary/boot/active,the blank 97gb is drive e which just lists as primary partition. I am using computer management to try and extend drive f to take drive e's space but i just get a disk out of space message.Is there a way to do this or do i have to just reinstall and partition from the installer?Thanks! |
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