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How-To Geek Forums Topic: Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it en Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:07:23 +0000 ScottW on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it/page/2#post-34314 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:51:46 +0000 ScottW 34314@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Dell seems to be unconcerned with how much space they use, or how many partitions they create on *your* hard drive. My wife's Dell Inspiron that's about 3 years old has a Dell Restore and Dell Utility partition and some unallocated space. Very wasteful. Here you can see what Dell does on their new systems: <a href='http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/mediadirect.htm'>http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/mediadirect.htm</a> aaston86 on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it/page/2#post-34295 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:56:25 +0000 aaston86 34295@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ 10 GB is not really that much space, I have over 150 GB free and don't plan to put that much more stuff on my computer. If space starts getting tight, I will use GParted to resize the partition, as that seems like it would work. Thanks for all the help everyone! zifnab06 on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it/page/2#post-34130 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:30:33 +0000 zifnab06 34130@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ I know this is going to sound odd, but it might be possible to use another os, like a live cd of ubuntu (linux) and re-partition the hard drive. Not sure if it would work or not, but it might. Vista partitioning software sucks for lack of a better term. jd2066 on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it#post-33812 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:52:36 +0000 jd2066 33812@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ The boot manager asking what OS to load will only appear if you have more then one OS installed. It appears from that example, the machine also had Windows XP on it. For you if you just have Vista, it should not appear. aaston86 on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it#post-33765 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:59:06 +0000 aaston86 33765@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ The article jd2066 mentions says that after resizing the partition on your drive with GParted, Windows Boot Manager will ask you what OS to boot from every time you turn the computer on. If I only have one OS (Vista) installed, but it goes into recovered mode, will this still happen? jd2066 on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it#post-33648 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:22:48 +0000 jd2066 33648@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ See <a href='http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-gparted-to-resize-your-windows-vista-partition/'>http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-gparted-to-resize-your-windows-vista-partition/</a> Note: This can make Vista not boot though this is easily fixed with the Vista install disc like the article shows. Lighthouse on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it#post-33568 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:01:00 +0000 Lighthouse 33568@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ The only way I know of, to delete that partition, is to Re-install the OS But wait, and see what others may say. aaston86 on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it#post-33566 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:56:33 +0000 aaston86 33566@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Here is the screenshot. <img src='http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m427/aaston86/screenshot.png' /> whs on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it#post-33563 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:46:21 +0000 whs 33563@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ You can go to <a href="http://photobucket.com/">Photobucket</a> , upload your screenshot and post the link or the picture. aaston86 on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it#post-33562 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:42:28 +0000 aaston86 33562@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ I'm pretty new to this forum thing - how do I post a screenshot? Lighthouse on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it#post-33558 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:34:18 +0000 Lighthouse 33558@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Can you post a screenshot of your Disk Management please? whs on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it#post-33557 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:33:20 +0000 whs 33557@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Good for you. But one of these days you will need to reinstall - believe me. We all have done it. You can, of course, prepare yourself for this day with the proper backup strategies. aaston86 on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it#post-33553 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:19:04 +0000 aaston86 33553@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Yes, I have a disk, but I don't want to reinstall everything unless it is absolutely vital - as I said everything is working fine. Lighthouse on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it#post-33552 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:14:06 +0000 Lighthouse 33552@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Did Dell supply you with a Vista installation disk? aaston86 on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it#post-33551 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:12:23 +0000 aaston86 33551@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ What is a restore partition? Do I need it? My computer seems to be running fine without it. whs on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it#post-33547 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:06:38 +0000 whs 33547@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ This is what you would usually find in the Dell 10GB recovery. The important one is the "Dell" - that one contains your Vista slipstream file called Factory.wim <img src='http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii36/whs37/HTG7/dell.png' /> Lighthouse on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it#post-33546 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:00:58 +0000 Lighthouse 33546@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Oh dear. You have messed up your restore partition. The only way out is to Reinstall Vista (I'm sorry). Do you have an installation disk? aaston86 on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it#post-33544 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:57:24 +0000 aaston86 33544@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ The computer is pretty new (1 month). I cannot open the 10 GB partition in COMPUTER - it is unallocated space and cannot be seen from anywhere other than Disk Management. It may once have been drive D:, but I think I managed to delete that right after buying the computer without having a clue what I was doing. Lighthouse on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it#post-33528 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:08:05 +0000 Lighthouse 33528@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ I am presuming this is new. Correct? whs on "Extend C: into unallocated space BEFORE it" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/extend-c-into-unallocated-space-before-it#post-33527 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:06:56 +0000 whs 33527@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ The EISA partition usually contains some utilities that you can call from the BIOS. So that one I would not touch. The 10GB partition may be your recovery partition - but then it would usually be D:\. If possible, open it from COMPUTER and see what's in it. If it contains only 1 Folder called Recovery or Dell or something like that, then it is your recovery partiton.