Partition


  1. KLR
    Posts : 42
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
       #1

    Partition


    hello guyz..
    well.. i have a Laptop, and it has only 2 drives "C&D" (as you see in the pic), the D is recovery so i have to keep it,
    how i can make more than 2 Partitions, but without formatting the D drive?
    hope someone can help me..
    or tell me a name of program that can do it..
    and I'm sorry about that.. :P
    that's the second problem,
    thx in advance..
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  2. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #2

    KLR said:
    hello guyz..
    well.. i have a Laptop, and it has only 2 drives "C&D" (as you see in the pic), the D is recovery so i have to keep it,
    how i can make more than 2 Partitions, but without formatting the D drive?
    hope someone can help me..
    or tell me a name of program that can do it..
    and I'm sorry about that.. :P
    that's the second problem,
    thx in advance..
    Use a program like paragon disk suite to shrink C: to about 40 gigs. then create a new partition using the free space.

    Let us know when you are ready to do this

    Ken
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  3. Arc
    Posts : 35,373
    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
       #3

    Download Free Download Partition Wizard bootable CD , use ImgBurn to burn the iso in a cd, boot with the cd, and you will be able to get partitions from you C drive.

    But I will advise you to get a Backup Complete Computer - Create an Image Backup in some DVDs earlier.
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  4.    #4

    It is always best to first try using the Disk Mgmt utility to shrink your C: partition (then Create and format), since it cannot fail whereas 3rd party partitioning software can fail during Resizing operations.

    If Disk mgmt will not shrink sufficiently then use free Partition Wizard CD as Arc suggests. In hundreds of resizing operations we have helped with here, there are no reports of it failing yet. But it still could, so back up your files and perhaps a System Image first as Arc says.
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  5. Posts : 31,242
    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
       #5

    One thing I would add is before you start the repartitioning operations you make sure that you have a bootable recovery CD/DVD. this can either be a standard win7 install DVD, or one created from the backup & restore screen.

    Any partitioning work on the system partition can render the system un-bootable, and require a start-up recovery to restore operation
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  6. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #6

    Here is a tutorial with references to a whole set of additional tutorials: Data Partition
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  7. KLR
    Posts : 42
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
    Thread Starter
       #7

    so.. what should i backup? only windows files or all my files.. like music pics..?
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  8. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #8

    If you image the C partition, you get everything (since you do not have a seperate data partition - which would be advisable). With a seperate data partition, you can image the system and the data partition independently depending on the frequency of changes. And you can easily mount the images (provided you use Macrium) and copy individual files from the image too - in case you want to recover just one or a few files/folders.
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