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Dying system SSD replaced -Thx to Brink; partition question
System drive (120GB SSD), started giving S.M.A.R.T. error occasionally at boot. Info I found online indicated it was time for replacement of the 120GB SSD which I did today (thanks to Brink's excellent instructions which I located here in an old thread), with a 256 GB SSD using windows system image. Apparently because the "system partition" on the 120GB SSD was 107GB, the "system partition" on the 256GB SSD is also 107 GB with 131GB of "unallocated space" adjacent (to the right) of the new 107GB partition on the 256GB SSD. Reading Brink's post on "How to Extend a Partition or Volume in Windows 7", it seems I should be able to extend the 107GB partition on the 256GB SSD to include the 131GB of "unallocated" space on the 256GB SSD. Is this correct or is there some restriction on resizing the partition where the "system" resides? Also, must I format the 131GB of unallocated space before extending the 107GB partition to include the 131GB of disk space? Thank you.