Technical Question (not hoster related )

[billyo]

just bought an Acer mini laptop EEE series has 120 gb and its quite fast, has nothing wrong with it, i just basically wanted to use for djing, my question was , the hhd was partitioned ( c: & d: ( dfor backing up files ) and both has the same equal space, if i delete the partitioned ( d will i be able to have the total amount of space on the c: drive?

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by billyo

just bought an Acer mini laptop EEE series has 120 gb and its quite fast, has nothing wrong with it, i just basically wanted to use for djing, my question was , the hhd was partitioned ( c: & d: ( dfor backing up files ) and both has the same equal space, if i delete the partitioned ( d will i be able to have the total amount of space on the c: drive?

If you delete all partitions & reformat with 1 partition, it should give you close to the entire drive for use on C:.

[billyo]

if i delete and reformat all partitioned wont i lose all my datas and stuff then i have to re-install xp back

[Beavis]

i dont think you can do that. dont quote me on it but i dont think there is a way to enlarge your c: partition.

how old is the unit ?

[billyo]

Originally Posted by Beavis

i dont think you can do that. dont quote me on it but i dont think there is a way to enlarge your c: partition.

how old is the unit ?

2 days, just bought it yesterday

[Lonman]

Oh I assumed you wanted to start fresh, my bad. It may be possible to delete through fdisk utility without losing the data on the C drive. However I don't think you will gain that partition back for your main C drive as it was not originally formatted for that extra space.

[billyo]

the reason i asked was that i am thinking about cloning and replacing it with a bigger drive ( 250 ),and i dont wanna clone it if it is going to have the same equal space.this mini laptop has a regular sata drive.

[ddouglass]

Powerquest had a program called PartitionMagic. Symantec bought them out and now they sell it. This should allow you to put the partitions back together without losing what is on the C: Drive. However anything on the D: Drive will be lost. However it does not support Vista.

Billyo next time you have a technical question not related to an MTU product please put it in the Singers & Hosts Wisdom forum. That is the more appropriate area.

[marklwood]

Look for a non-destructive partitioning program. Partition Magic is one that I have used in the past with great success. I haven't used one in quite some time, so there may be better or free ones out there.

[billyo]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

Powerquest had a program called PartitionMagic. Symantec bought them out and now they sell it. This should allow you to put the partitions back together without losing what is on the C: Drive. However anything on the D: Drive will be lost. However it does not support Vista.

Dale,it's an xp , sorry about that, i'll remember that next time ..thanks

[Beavis]

you will be able to clone the c: drive to a new drive or a back up drive then you could clone it back to the original drive gaining all the space on it.

[billyo]

Originally Posted by Beavis

you will be able to clone the c: drive to a new drive or a back up drive then you could clone it back to the original drive gaining all the space on it.

i'll be cloning it to a bigger hhd, and cloning it back to the original hhd. i don't think it will work since the old hhd. has a smaller space than the new one, but thanks for the suggestion.

[capnvic]

You could also use Norton Ghost, and yes it will work just fine. I also used altiris express to clone my hard disk drive. I used it to go from a 60GB to a 160GB hard disk drive. Both programs will let you adjust partition sizes as long as you don't reduce the size of the boot partition.

[billyo]

Originally Posted by capnvic

You could also use Norton Ghost, and yes it will work just fine. I also used altiris express to clone my hard disk drive. I used it to go from a 60GB to a 160GB hard disk drive. Both programs will let you adjust partition sizes as long as you don't reduce the size of the boot partition.

i've been using acronis and i think i could do it by using the manual cloning feature..no i didnt wanna reduced the size of the boot partition what i wanted is to removed/delete the partition to make it a one size drive..thanks for the suggestion.