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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Disk Management - Delete and Extend How to Delete and Extend a Partition with Disk Management in Vista Last edited by Brink; 04-17-2009 at 01:09 AM.. |
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01-18-2009
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| Vista Ultimate 64 | Re: Disk Management - Delete and Extend  Quote: Originally Posted by Brink  Hi zoltaaaan, Welcome to Vista Forums.  I would recommend Acronis Partition Manager in the Acronis Disk Director Suite. It does a great job in Vista. You can download a free trial version of it to see if you like here. Hard disk drive management software, partitioning manager and partition recovery utility Shawn |
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01-18-2009
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Disk Management - Delete and Extend Ingeborgdot, I have not tried the latest version, but I believe that the free trial may be limited to how much you can repartition. |
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01-18-2009
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| Vista Ultimate 64 | Re: Disk Management - Delete and Extend I think you are right. I guess $ is the only answer. |
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01-18-2009
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| VISTA HOME PREMIUM X64/ 7 x64 / 7x86 | Re: Disk Management - Delete and Extend Hi Ingeborgdot, Acronis Disk Director appears to have serious issues with Windows 7. If you are thinking of getting 7 in the future, you may want to take that into consideration. Paragon partition Manager 9 works well , so does Easeus Pro ( Easeus Home is for 32 bit only ) on Vista x64 and Win 7 x64. You may be able to find Easeus Pro 2.1 free on magazines that come with software dvd's. A free alternative is Gparted live cd SourceForge.net: GParted: Downloading ... Hope it helps SIW2 |
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01-19-2009
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| Vista Home Premium x64 | Re: Disk Management - Delete and Extend Quote: Originally Posted by Brink Hi Morphene, If everything is on the same hard drive, then this would be normal for Disk Management since D:/ is already an extended partition from C:/. Disk Management can only change or use the part of the hard drive that is free at the end of the last unmovable file (allocated space) on the hard drive. (EX: XP installation, Vista Page file, System Restore Cache File, etc.) The only way around this is to use a 3rd party disk management program like Symantec Partition Magic or Acronis Disk Partition Manager. Hope this helps, Shawn David |
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01-19-2009
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Disk Management - Delete and Extend Hi David, That has been over a year since that post, so I do not know if it will still work in Vista or not after the updates since then. I would advise to use a more recent program instead.  Shawn |
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02-10-2009
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| Vista Business x32 |  Re: Disk Management - Delete and Extend Dear Brink, I bought SONY VAIO BZ11XN notebook with Vista Business SP1 32. I want to delete Hidden Recovery Partition (OEM) to release space on my HDD without formatting and reinstall my software and updates. I already created recovery discs with copy of my hidden partition. If I just delete this partition via DISKPART or Acronis Partition Manager, my notebook will boot? |
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02-10-2009
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| Vista Home Premium SP2 32bit, Windows7x32bit | Re: Disk Management - Delete and Extend Quote: Originally Posted by Emil Musayev Dear Brink, I bought SONY VAIO BZ11XN notebook with Vista Business SP1 32. I want to delete Hidden Recovery Partition (OEM) to release space on my HDD without formatting and reinstall my software and updates. I already created recovery discs with copy of my hidden partition. If I just delete this partition via DISKPART or Acronis Partition Manager, my notebook will boot? |
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02-10-2009
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| Vista Business x32 | Re: Disk Management - Delete and Extend Thank you for information. And partly agree that It may irrelevant. But I need additional space for virtual machines that I plan to use. So, I just found interesting manual: Delete and Remove to Unlock EISA Hidden Recovery or Diagnostic Partition in Vista » My Digital Life They confirm my idea about DISKPART: "However, it’s recommended that users check with manufacturer first if the OEM provides any removal and deletion procedure or guide, such as those provided by Lenovo/IBM and HP. If none is found, it’s possible to remove the recovery partition from Windows Vista, by using advanced Diskpart, a text-mode command line interpreter based on scripts that manages hard disk, partition and volume in Vista " Also I called to SONY Support and they recommend to delete partition by DiskManagement But after knowing impossibility of that way said that I should reinstall my system from recovery discs with losing all info.So, if I'm right I can use DISKPART confidently to remove hidden partition, can I? |
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02-10-2009
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Disk Management - Delete and Extend Hello Emil, Yes you can use DISKPART to delete the D: OEM partition if you would like to. Afterwards, you can use Disk Management on the now unallocated partition if you like. Shawn |
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