Vista - HD Partitioned into 2 drives,now i want to combine but vista wont allow

Howdy all
I have a 160gb drive,its split into two partitions,first 95gb and second is
57gb.First is drive e and second is drive f,i have vista installed into
drive f which shows as primary/boot/active,the blank 97gb is drive e which
just lists as primary partition. I am using computer management to try and
extend drive f to take drive e's space but i just get a disk out of space
message.Is there a way to do this or do i have to just reinstall and
partition from the installer?Thanks!

Hi,

To take over drive e, you'd have to delete the existing partition and expand
f into the resulting free space by right clicking it and using that option.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"XD" <sdf@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Howdy all
> I have a 160gb drive,its split into two partitions,first 95gb and second
> is 57gb.First is drive e and second is drive f,i have vista installed into
> drive f which shows as primary/boot/active,the blank 97gb is drive e which
> just lists as primary partition. I am using computer management to try and
> extend drive f to take drive e's space but i just get a disk out of space
> message.Is there a way to do this or do i have to just reinstall and
> partition from the installer?Thanks!

I use BootITNG
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html
download it
Expand it to a floppy/CDRW
start system with floppy in place
when it starts Do NOT install...run it from the floppy.
On the next screen go to Partition Work......delete the not used partition
then expand the other
partition to take up the now uppartitioned space.
exit.......remove floppy and reboot

Have done this so many times under XP...and never lost anything.
peter

"XD" <sdf@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Howdy all
> I have a 160gb drive,its split into two partitions,first 95gb and second
> is 57gb.First is drive e and second is drive f,i have vista installed into
> drive f which shows as primary/boot/active,the blank 97gb is drive e which
> just lists as primary partition. I am using computer management to try and
> extend drive f to take drive e's space but i just get a disk out of space
> message.Is there a way to do this or do i have to just reinstall and
> partition from the installer?Thanks!

I tried expanding,it wont let me expand backwards to that partition,just
forwards,if that makes any sense.


"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> To take over drive e, you'd have to delete the existing partition and
> expand f into the resulting free space by right clicking it and using that
> option.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "XD" <sdf@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:e$XJccEBHHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Howdy all
>> I have a 160gb drive,its split into two partitions,first 95gb and second
>> is 57gb.First is drive e and second is drive f,i have vista installed
>> into drive f which shows as primary/boot/active,the blank 97gb is drive e
>> which just lists as primary partition. I am using computer management to
>> try and extend drive f to take drive e's space but i just get a disk out
>> of space message.Is there a way to do this or do i have to just reinstall
>> and partition from the installer?Thanks!
>

Hi,

Did you remove the partition first?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"XD" <sdf@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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>I tried expanding,it wont let me expand backwards to that partition,just
>forwards,if that makes any sense.
>
>
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:eAOladGBHHA.4808@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> To take over drive e, you'd have to delete the existing partition and
>> expand f into the resulting free space by right clicking it and using
>> that option.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "XD" <sdf@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>> news:e$XJccEBHHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Howdy all
>>> I have a 160gb drive,its split into two partitions,first 95gb and second
>>> is 57gb.First is drive e and second is drive f,i have vista installed
>>> into drive f which shows as primary/boot/active,the blank 97gb is drive
>>> e which just lists as primary partition. I am using computer management
>>> to try and extend drive f to take drive e's space but i just get a disk
>>> out of space message.Is there a way to do this or do i have to just
>>> reinstall and partition from the installer?Thanks!
>>
>