i want to skrink HDD

[khawar]

i have just bought a hp laptop having hdd of 320gb. and my c drive has space of 288gb.. i want to skrink it. i want to make two c and d drive of 88 and 200 gb.. how can i do it???

 

[ryo]

hello and welcome to SF,

this tutorial will show you how to do that.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2672-partition-volume-shrink.html

 

[khawar]

when i do this this... windows shows this dialouge box... what shold i do

 

[Arc]

Beetter you use Partition Wizard Bootable CD . Burn it in a blank CD with IngBurn at 4x speed . Boot from it . Now if you follow the screenshots of the given link, you would be able to understand what to do with it . If there is a further problem, please post back .

But , before starting anything , you must ot have a http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/663-backup-complete-computer-create-image-backup.html ; so that in case of need you can easily restore the backup, and if you dont have the windows 7 DVD, download Windows 7 System Recovery Discs .

 

[khawar]

i had a recovery drive d.. how this recovery drive is used.. i have no idea.. it is of 16 GB and almost full.. wt is the purpose of that drive...

 

[Arc]

i had a recovery drive d.. how this recovery drive is used.. i have no idea.. it is of 16 GB and almost full.. wt is the purpose of that drive...

That is an image of your C drive and System Reserved Drive . You need either Windows 7 DVD or the recovery disk to use it . Booted form that disk, you will get an option to repair your computer .. if you choose that option , it will lead you to that partition and restore the image back .

 

[khawar]

wt if dont do partition.. does it have any drawbacks....???

wt if i dont do partition and my original windows somehow becomes corrupt.. can i recover it back from my recovery drive d ..???

 

[Arc]

wt if dont do partition.. does it have any drawbacks....???

wt if i dont do partition and my original windows somehow becomes corrupt.. can i recover it back from my recovery drive d ..???

Yes you can recover ... but upto that extent which is included in that partition ... not any of your recent data .

 

[khawar]

suppose i have only one drive c.. where all my data and windows recides...
once it get corrupted.... will i be able to recover all my data... wt should i do to recover that...

should i have only 1 partition or two partitions... wts ur advice..??

 

[richnrockville]

before starting anything , you must ot have a http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/663-backup-complete-computer-create-image-backup.html ; so that in case of need you can easily restore the backup, and if you dont have the windows 7 DVD, download Windows 7 System Recovery Discs .

Windows 7 (or at least some versions) allow you to create a recovery disk
when you do an image backup of your system, prior to any modification of the
partitions.

If you would like a more versitile image and backup program, I recommend Acronis backup program.

My personal opinion of downloading microsoft products from a 3rd party source is not a good idea. That's where the bad guys prey on people.

YMMV
Rich

 

[khawar]

i have to make backup on regular intervals to recover my windows and data... if all my data is in c drive..

can u tell tell me an easy way to partition my c drive without having the problm i mention eariler.. soo that i dont have to backup all my stuff.. i only need backup windows... am i correct???

 

[Arc]

The best way is (as the lappy is brand new , and so having a little personal data I guess) to do it from the beginning , if you have windows 7 DVD to install windows 7 .

Boot from partition wizard boot CD , and make a primary C partition, and a logical D partition . Now install windows in C (the System Reserved partition will be automatically created during installation ) . After installing windows , all the other programs and having all the needful customizations done , Back C and System Reserved up (preferably in DVDs , as there is only one HDD).

But if you dont have Win 7 DVD , you are to shrink your HDD to create free space for a new partition . I posted the link of grtting the Partition Wizard Bootable CD in previous page . Use it , follow the tutorial http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/93322-partition-wizard-use-bootable-cd.html ; specially the OPTION ONE : Shrink / Create a (fourth) Primary Partition .