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Old 08-04-2007   #1 (permalink)
Golfguy


 
 

Partitioning - extending and reducing

I have two hard drives installed - one of 300gb with no partitioning. The
other, the original drive, is partitioned as follows:

C: (Boot etc)
D: (Recovery) and
extended partition with 4 volumes

I have only 20% free space on C yet plenty under the extended partition.

I can shrink any of the volumes within the extended partition and allocate
the free space within the other volumes but I cannot extend C: or D:

D is FAT32 all others are NTFS.

Withour deleting the extended partition is there any way I can extend C:

Running Vista Home Premium on HP duo

Thanks
Murray


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Old 08-04-2007   #2 (permalink)
Richard Urban


 
 

Re: Partitioning - extending and reducing

After shrinking the drives/partitions within the extended partition you have
to then shrink the container (the extended partition) also. Then you will
have freed up space (called unallocated space). This space must be at the
beginning of the extended partition, immediately after C: drive. You can
then extend the C: drive/partition and use this space

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

"Golfguy" <Golfguy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4A16239F-076A-4EF0-87B7-FEE95955ACD4@microsoft.com...
>I have two hard drives installed - one of 300gb with no partitioning. The
> other, the original drive, is partitioned as follows:
>
> C: (Boot etc)
> D: (Recovery) and
> extended partition with 4 volumes
>
> I have only 20% free space on C yet plenty under the extended partition.
>
> I can shrink any of the volumes within the extended partition and allocate
> the free space within the other volumes but I cannot extend C: or D:
>
> D is FAT32 all others are NTFS.
>
> Withour deleting the extended partition is there any way I can extend C:
>
> Running Vista Home Premium on HP duo
>
> Thanks
> Murray
>


My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 08-04-2007   #3 (permalink)
Golfguy


 
 

Re: Partitioning - extending and reducing

Richard

Thanks - please excuse my ignorance but how do I then shink the extended
partition?

Murray


"Richard Urban" wrote:

> After shrinking the drives/partitions within the extended partition you have
> to then shrink the container (the extended partition) also. Then you will
> have freed up space (called unallocated space). This space must be at the
> beginning of the extended partition, immediately after C: drive. You can
> then extend the C: drive/partition and use this space
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> "Golfguy" <Golfguy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4A16239F-076A-4EF0-87B7-FEE95955ACD4@microsoft.com...
> >I have two hard drives installed - one of 300gb with no partitioning. The
> > other, the original drive, is partitioned as follows:
> >
> > C: (Boot etc)
> > D: (Recovery) and
> > extended partition with 4 volumes
> >
> > I have only 20% free space on C yet plenty under the extended partition.
> >
> > I can shrink any of the volumes within the extended partition and allocate
> > the free space within the other volumes but I cannot extend C: or D:
> >
> > D is FAT32 all others are NTFS.
> >
> > Withour deleting the extended partition is there any way I can extend C:
> >
> > Running Vista Home Premium on HP duo
> >
> > Thanks
> > Murray
> >

>
>

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