Partition query

[FarFarAway]

My Windows partition is massively full but I have shrunk the other partition (using windows disc management) to free up 10gb extra space on the physical disc

Can I now allocate that space to windows? And if so, what program will do that? Partition magic does it I believe but it's like $70.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance folks

 

[Bungral]

Is there not a trial of Partition Magic? I use that at work and it's pretty good.

Scrub that, this looks pretty good: Linky

Looks exactly like Partition Magic.

 

[nunzio]

Just get a ubuntu live cd and use gpartd its free and does the job

 

[FarFarAway]

Is there not a trial of Partition Magic? I use that at work and it's pretty good.

Scrub that, this looks pretty good: Linky

Looks exactly like Partition Magic.

Go no cigar, d't work on Vista 64. I tried Acronic Disc Tools but they just seemed to try and bugger it up

Just get a ubuntu live cd and use gpartd its free and does the job

Hmm may have a look at that.

 

[nepas]

Can you not just extend your windows partition using the disc management ?just right click your Windows partition and select extend.

 

[FarFarAway]

No I can't due to the fact it's the OS partition

 

[nepas]

No I can't due to the fact it's the OS partition

Strange,I just tried it with mine and it worked.

 

[FarFarAway]

Doesn't work here. Hmm Maybe I'll switch to Admin account (even though my account is set to admin)

 

[Rastalovich]

It may be cos of the way the partition is created originally.

I'd take a look at DISKPART from booting from the install dvd and going through the repair options.

Getting to use this DISKPART for a few management based things, it would be a good idea to google it and read up on all the commands cos it's pretty feature rich.

Ofc.. u need to type everything..

But going back to the start, if ur partitions are created as all primary (I think it is) then u may be out of luck. If they're primary with the rest of them extended, u can move stuff about.

 

[FarFarAway]

Just tidying up the other half of the partition and moving it over to my storage drive. I'll then copy the entire image and re-image the disc with it in a bigger partition.

 

[FarFarAway]

Sweeeet.

Deleted everything off the second partition and then deleted that partition. I then had the option to expand the windows partition to whatever size I wanted on the physical disc space. All done