Merge or create partition & Dual Boot


  1. evil c
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    Merge or create partition & Dual Boot


    Hi,
    I have 290GB free space on my Logical Drive c: (wherein resides my W7 OS). Can I:
    a) merge the free space into c: or
    b) create another partition, add another OS and then dual boot

    I have been reading other posts and tutorials about partitioning but have not seen a similar issue.
    Please can you help me?
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  3. johnwillyums
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    Hi Evil:) Yes you can. Try this : Partition or Volume - Extend or this: Partition or Volume - Create New

    Alternatively you could download something like gparted :GParted -- About and burn it to a live CD.

    If you boot from the live disk you can arrange your partitions as you want them. A version of this comes with most Linux distros so if you're intending a dual boot with, say, Linux Mint you can just burn the image to disk and go ahead with the install.

    Back everything important up before trying any of this:)
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  4. evil c
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    Thank you for your help. Us northerners have got to stick together! Now if I could just persuade my Hitachi external drive to backup a system image.....
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