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| Adding unallocated or free space to existing c drive |
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I had partitioned my original disk to C, D, and E equally. Now I wish to have all the space for C. When I use the Admin tools, etc, in Control panel, I was able to delete the partitions, but the space now appears as unallocated (or free) space and does not increase the C drive GB. So I have ended up with the same C drive space, and unallocated space where I had D and E. How do I add that empty space back to the C drive???? |
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dingdong wrote: > I had partitioned my original disk to C, D, and E equally. Now I wish > to have all the space for C. When I use the Admin tools, etc, in > Control panel, I was able to delete the partitions, but the space now > appears as unallocated (or free) space and does not increase the C > drive GB. So I have ended up with the same C drive space, and > unallocated space where I had D and E. How do I add that empty space > back to the C drive???? XP does not have the tools to non-destuctivly repartion a drive, you need to use a third party application such as partition magic or the like, either that or completely wipe the hard drive and start afresh. Before using a repartitiong application backup ALL your important data to an external storage device such as a CD, USB key or external drive as things can go wrong. |
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yeh, i have had to use acronis because partition magic was incompatiable to with my pentium and it wiped out everything. but i have learned that if you go to run>cmd and type diskpart you may have some additional power. after you log into diskpart, then type in diskpart/? (I probably could have used diskpart instead of partition magic if i knew about it. but acronis did an outstanding job and restored my deleted partition and all my valuable valuable files) "GreenieLeBrun" wrote: > > dingdong wrote: > > I had partitioned my original disk to C, D, and E equally. Now I wish > > to have all the space for C. When I use the Admin tools, etc, in > > Control panel, I was able to delete the partitions, but the space now > > appears as unallocated (or free) space and does not increase the C > > drive GB. So I have ended up with the same C drive space, and > > unallocated space where I had D and E. How do I add that empty space > > back to the C drive???? > > XP does not have the tools to non-destuctivly repartion a drive, you > need to use a third party application such as partition magic or the > like, either that or completely wipe the hard drive and start afresh. > > Before using a repartitiong application backup ALL your important data > to an external storage device such as a CD, USB key or external drive > as things can go wrong. > > |
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