Trouble in Partition

[Joshyklukose]

I have two partition done for my dimension 9200 and installed windows 7 and windows xp This was done few months back but now, I cannot access one of the partition. Can I format it in any way so that I can utilise that .?

 

[mgp1964]

Which partition can you not access and why?
If it is the primary partition and you are dual booting then you will lose the other partition, if it is the other way around then go for it.

 

[gregrocker]

I have two partition done for my dimension 9200 and installed windows 7 and windows xp This was done few months back but now, I cannot access one of the partition. Can I format it in any way so that I can utilise that .?

Hi Josh -

Can you post back a screenshot of your maximized Disk Management drive map using Snipping Tool in the Win7 Start Menu, or if it's from XP use this: Screenshot with Paint

Tell us what's on each partition, which one isn't working and which you want to remove. We will give you the steps to do this, including recovering the disk space into the remaining OS partition if you wish.

 

[GamePlanner]

Maybe yous Os crashed on that partition.You can format and install new os on that partition again and use it if its a normal problem.
Anyway more clarification and details needed for further help

 

[Joshyklukose]

Trouble in partition.

Hai Gregrocker, I am sending the maximised snapshot of disk management page. I cannot access the drive Achu D:.

 

[gregrocker]

I'd move the System boot files to Win7 partition which works better, but first you must convert it to a Primary partition so that it can be marked Active and receive it's own boot files, because Win7 was installed to a Logical partition which cannot be marked Active.

To do this, boot into free Partition Wizard bootable CD, rightclick on C, select Modify>Convert to Primary, click OK, then Apply.

Once it completes and is now a Primary partition, rightclick on C to Modify>set to Active, OK. Then I'd delete the small empty partition to it's right so you can Resize Win7 into that space. Apply all steps.

Now click on the Disk # to highlight it, from Disk tab select Rebuild MBR, Apply. Reboot to see if Win7 will start. If not boot into System Recovery Options on Win7 DVD or System Repair Disk to run Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times until Win7 starts on its own and is labeled System Active.

Now you can install EasyBCD 2.02 to Win7 to Add XP, Save and reboot to see if it will boot from new Dual Boot menu. If not you may need to run XP Repair Install or reinstall XP.

 

[Joshyklukose]

Thanks a lot Greg. For this do I have to download and make a partition wizard bootable CD ? Do I need to back up my files before booting up ? Actually, I do not need to install another operating system, but want to use the partition as a storage. The small partition (Q: is also not accessible. Will there be any problem if I remove that partition ? How can I remove that partition if it is not accessible ?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I don't see a Q partition in your picture. Which partition are you referring to?

I would leave the small 63 MB OEM partition alone.

What about the 4.64 GB partition..did you make that partition or was it there when you bought the PC? If you did not make it, I would leave it alone.

You should always have your data backed up any time you begin fiddling with partitions. Things can and do go wrong from time to time.

I think the bootable Partition Wizard is likely to be less problematic. If all you want to do is delete Achu D, that should be easily done.

 

[Joshyklukose]

I did not make the small partition Q, 4.64 gb, neither it came with the system. I will leave it alone. If I delete the partition Achu D, will it be merged with C: automatically ? or will it stay as a free space ?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

If you delete Achu D, it will become "unallocated space".

You can then use Partition Wizard to add that unallocated space to C.

I'd investigate the 4.64 GB partition. You say it did not come with the system and that you did not create it. Who did create it? Normally, I'd think it was a recovery partition of some type that the manufacturer put there---in which case I would leave it alone. But you say it was not on your PC when you bought it, so who knows what it is.

 

[gregrocker]

The 4.64 gb may be the Dell Recovery partition. Boot into Partition Wizard to rightclick>Explore it to see what's in it.

Did you do anything with partitions other except Shrink XP to install Win7?

If the Dell came with XP then it would be an XP Recovery partition and may not run now - you can try cueing it up to see: Dell Restoring Your Computer´s Software to the Factory Settings

You'll need to burn the PW CD ISO file to CD first to boot it, yes.

Then follow the steps I gave earlier to convert C to Primary, mark it Active, Rebuild MBR and if necessary run Startup Repairs to move the System boot files to C.

Once C boots and is marked System Active, you can boot back into PW CD to delete D and Resize C into it's space if you want.

 

[JimLewandowski]

Gesundheit. (ACHU).

 

[dsperber]

I don't see a Q partition in your picture. Which partition are you referring to?

I believe the Q partition referred to is probably associated with Microsoft's Office 2010 Starter, which for example comes pre-installed on Lenovo K330 IdeaCenter desktop machines I've purchased for family members.

You can use this limited functionality Office product for free, but it includes only Word and Excel. It also presents some advertising from Microsoft. Upgrade to a fully-featured licensed version can done directly.

Anyway, the Q drive is a pointer to a virtual file system that Office Starter accesses. Having a Q drive does not add any extra space on your system. It also cannot be removed or deleted, and attempts to even look at its contents produces "access denied".

 

[JimLewandowski]

From another thread in Backup and Restore, the Q drive will interfere with some VSS commands (shadow inquiries). You can get around this by disabling 2 services that begin with Application Virtualization.

 

[nac1990]

Ok so this is my first post and my problem has probably been resolved elsewhere but this is where i stand. My version of Windows 7 was said to be not genuine so I decided to try something else. In my quest for a new OS I came across Ubuntu and liked what I saw so I downloaded and installed via flash drive. I didn't really like the user interface so I deleted everything from the 180gb partition I created for Ubuntu and now that area is just shown as free space when I look at it under the disk management section of my computer.

What I want is to get that "free space" back to C. How do I go about doing that.

Should I just make C smaller and move everything to the larger "free space" partition? if so how should I do that?

Also, after resolving this problem, what should I do as far as making Windows 7 genuine?

thanks for any help you may give

 

[gregrocker]

Please post back a screenshot of your maximized Disk Management drive map with listings, using the Snipping Tool in Start Menu. Screen Shots