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    Re: Partitions?

    Quote Originally Posted by richc46 View Post
    Most here use this, give it a try.
    Be very careful to do it right. Dont delete too much.
    hi

    i am trying to use the minitool as recommended and am trying to "merge" the two partitions but get the error " this function is not supported by the home edition"



    am i doing it correctly?

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    Re: Partitions?

    When you deleted D, what exactly did you end up with??

    You need unallocated space in order to extend C. Right click on the D space again (in Disk Management) and "delete Volume". Then it should work.

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    Re: Partitions?

    ok
    i have deleted "D" drive which has left me with the following.....

    DISK 1

    *:WinRE Capacity 1.46GB Used 217MB Unused 1.25GB File system NTFS Type Primary Status None

    (without re-typing the headings)
    C:Vista 93.88GB 92.67GB 1.21GB NTFS Primary Active&Boot&system

    Eata 90.96GB 5.04GB 85.92GB NTFS None

    DISK 2

    *: 186.31GB 0GB 186.31GB Unallocated Logical None

    i would love to screen grab but printscreen doesnt appear to work, sorry

    lol a smilee (colon D) seems to have appeared where it should actually say "data"!! At least it was a happy one!!!

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    Re: Partitions?

    hi
    i have just received my first warning that i didnt have enough disk space when i tried to update my iPhone with ios5
    could somebody please walk me through the steps i need to take with the minitool partition wizard
    thanks

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    Re: Partitions?

    ok
    i've managed to shrink Eata to 48GB which has left me with 42GB of un-allocated space labeled *: on disk 1
    is it possible to extend C:Vista using this unallocated space because its not obvious to me

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    Re: Partitions?

    Hi,

    The answer to that question is no!

    The spare space needs to be on the original drive (As the C drive), not on another one.

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    Re: Partitions?

    ok, whats my next move then?
    if i cant expand drive C any bigger than what it was originally, can i move whole programs like iTunes and my Photos, probably the two biggest users of disk space, onto disk 2?

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    Re: Partitions?

    You must have a lot of user data on C. Why don't you move that. Try this method in this Windows 7 tutorial. It should work in Vista. Unfortunately I cannot try it out - no Vista on hand.

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    Hi,

    Moving the pictures is one thing that can recover space, so go for it!

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