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Quote: Originally Posted by whs  If you want to enlarge C with Disk Management, 1. Save everything from D to an external drive. 2. Then right click on D and delete the volume to get unallocated space. 3. Right click on C and extend it to at least 50GB 4. Right click on the remaining unallocated space and define a new D partition 5. Move the saved data back to D That is the easiest way to do it. Else you will need another program like Partition Wizard. But even then I would first backup the data on D for safety reasons.
Quote: Originally Posted by whs Regardless what you do, backup your data from D first. Last time I used PW, I lost 3 whole partitions - it was, of course, my fault. But it is easy to make a mistake. Fortunatey I had an image of everything. I still think it would be easier for you to use Disk Management as described above.  |
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| 04 Apr 2011 | #12 |
| | I don't have an external handy ... so that option isn't very realistic. I see that with this PW program I can only merge if I pay... |
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| 04 Apr 2011 | #13 |
| | Did you use the bootable CD version? |
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| 04 Apr 2011 | #14 |
| | If you have no external disk, you can do another trick. Before I can give you the procedure, tell me how much data you have on D. It would be extremely dangerous to work on a partition without saving the data first - unless you do not care about your data. |
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| 04 Apr 2011 | #15 |
| | I have used 32.4 GB on D partition |
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| 04 Apr 2011 | #16 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by ignatzatsonic Did you use the bootable CD version? I burned it through Windows 7's dvd burner, another thing is I really couldn't figure out which file I should be burning :P |
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| 04 Apr 2011 | #17 |
| | OK, here is what I suggest. Problem that we have to work around a restriction of Disk Management which can only extend a partition if the freespace is directly to the right of the partition. Now do this - it looks like a lot but each step takes only a couple of minutes. 1. Open Disk Management - Type disk management into Start/search and it will show up. 2. Since you have already shrunk 50GB from D, use this unallocated space to define a new partition E. Right click un the unallocated space and create partition. The wizard will tell you the steps. 3. Move your data from D to E 4. Right click on D and delete volume 5. Right click on C and extend volume - add about 40GBs. The wizard will guide you. 6. Now you have remaining unallocated space. Right click on that and create partition - we will recreate D using all the unallocated space. 7. move your data back from E to D. 8. Delete volume E - by now you should be a pro (LOL) 9. Right click on D and extend with the free space gaines from the deleted E. 10. You are all set - print this instruction out, then you can follow it easily. And buy an external disk. Without it, you have only half a computer. Last edited by whs; 04 Apr 2011 at 12:18 PM.. |
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| 04 Apr 2011 | #18 |
| | Currently moving everything over to E. What's the reason I can't just delete the E drive and use that unallocated space to merge with C? I noticed I couldn't do that... why will I be able to do that with D? |
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| 04 Apr 2011 | #19 |
| | Disk Management will let you expand a partition into unallocated space only if that unallocated space is immediately to the right of the partition to be enlarged. |
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| 04 Apr 2011 | #20 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by ignatzatsonic Disk Management will let you expand a partition into unallocated space only if that unallocated space is immediately to the right of the partition to be enlarged. |
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