Vista - how to get rid of 15gb space on HD

When I went from 32bit vista to 64bit vista I now have 15gb of unallocated
space (partition?)to the left of my CO drive it has no data on it and letter
designation,disk management only gives me the option to create "simple
volume" for that 15gb.I would like to merge that 15gb back to my CO drive,
only have 1 hard drive.I think because the15gb is to the left(in front) it
wont let me expand the C partition.I hope I am explaining this right,any
ideas.Thanks

"pacca" <tpacc@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I use the 32-bit on client computers and have had no problems to date.

If the 64-bit version is as good, I would have no hesitation in buying it.
The reason I haven't already bought it is because I have Acronis Disk
Director on my production computer..

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Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

all I want to do is reclaim 15gb of unallocated space,because 15gb is in
front (to the left) of my c drive,in vista disk manager I cant merge it to
my c drive (to the right).Willl easeus be able to do that,do I have convert
to a partition & format to move it in easeus,and then delete partition,I
just my Seagate 320gb with no partitions.I just scared to screw up.Thanks
"Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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GPartEd http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ is free and will move your
partition in a boot time operation.


When installing Windows 7, always install on unpartitioned space unless
you have particular reason to allocate partitions yourself. Do not do as
for earlier versions of Windows and create a partition. Windows 7
prefers to create a 100MB system partition, which will not be allocated
a drive letter, to hold its boot files and optimise performance.

If you do not want Windows 7 to use the full disk (it creates its paging
file in the middle of the space used so without third party tools the
system partition cannot be reduced by more than about half) create a
partition of the space you want to use, then a following partition, then
delete the first partition and, with that free space selected, proceed
with the installation.



On 31/07/2009 15:47, pacca wrote:

Hi, Dominic.
I was not aware of this paging file behavior in Win7.

But, in that case, couldn't we use Advanced System Properties to specify NO
paging file? Then reboot and be sure the old paging file was deleted. And
then we could use Disk Management (or DiskPart) to Shrink the volume,
couldn't we?

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@xxxxxx
Microsoft Windows MVP
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"Dominic Payer" <dcp@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yes, provided there is no other system file - which cannot be moved
without third party tools - limiting the shrink process.

If you want to partition a disk, it is best to think what you want to
achieve before you start.

From memory - it is some time since I last installed it - Vista does
the same with the paging file.


On 01/08/2009 04:46, R. C. White wrote:

Hi, Dominic.
Agreed! ;<)

RC
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San Marcos, TX
rc@xxxxxx
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100

"Dominic Payer" <dcp@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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