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Partitioning Medion Akoya Hard Drive, Lost Gadgets.
So I finally bought a new MEDION AKOYA 2.70GHz PC to replace my 10 year old XP.
Brilliant so far except when it comes to partitioning the hard drive.
The OEM has a 50 GB Recovery partition D which I want to leave but when I go to Computer Management and shrink the C: by an equal 50GB for my own drive images I am left with a 50GB unallocated space which I am told...
"There is insufficient space on the drive to create a new drive." Or some such.
I see from the colors that there is no 'standard' extended partition just the C: and D: drives.
Any pointers on this one? I get the same problem using BootIT NG, a 50GB space with no possibility of making a drive in it or formatting it.
On the Gadgets problem, (I see that MS in its infinite 'wisdom' is not hosting the gadgets anymore, btw) well, I deleted the gadgets thinking that I could get them back by right-clicking the desktop and then 'gadgets' but no. Gadgets doesn't appear at all and I really wanted the alarm clock gadget. Drat!
Any way of getting them back?
Nice to be here.
Thanks for your help.
Ian