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Old 05-31-2007   #1 (permalink)
x6woody6x


 
 

Extending partition with Disk Management

I have a 250 GB SATA hard drive and I have 50 GB used up in my C drive. I had
an F drive with 170 GB; but I deleted it. Now the 170 GB is unallocated, I
want to extend my C drive with the unallocated space. When I click on Disk
Management in the control pannel and I right click on the C drive it is
greyed out and it wont let me click it. I have already tried Partition
Manager, it doesent work and Partition Magic is not compatible with Vista. I
really want to extend my C drive. Help me please!

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Old 05-31-2007   #2 (permalink)
Victek


 
 

Re: Extending partition with Disk Management



"x6woody6x" <x6woody6x@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EB0C4EAB-C614-4D3F-87AF-519144520FC0@microsoft.com...
>I have a 250 GB SATA hard drive and I have 50 GB used up in my C drive. I
>had
> an F drive with 170 GB; but I deleted it. Now the 170 GB is unallocated, I
> want to extend my C drive with the unallocated space. When I click on Disk
> Management in the control pannel and I right click on the C drive it is
> greyed out and it wont let me click it. I have already tried Partition
> Manager, it doesent work and Partition Magic is not compatible with Vista.
> I
> really want to extend my C drive. Help me please!


First, are you logged in with an administrator account? Next, when you
right click on C: what exactly is "grayed-out"? Is it "Extend Volume"
option? Can you select the "Shrink Volume" option? Is the unallocated
space on the right side or the left side of C: ?

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Old 06-02-2007   #3 (permalink)
Rock


 
 

Re: Extending partition with Disk Management

"x6woody6x" wrote
>I have a 250 GB SATA hard drive and I have 50 GB used up in my C drive. I
>had
> an F drive with 170 GB; but I deleted it. Now the 170 GB is unallocated, I
> want to extend my C drive with the unallocated space. When I click on Disk
> Management in the control pannel and I right click on the C drive it is
> greyed out and it wont let me click it. I have already tried Partition
> Manager, it doesent work and Partition Magic is not compatible with Vista.
> I
> really want to extend my C drive. Help me please!



BootIt NG from Terabyte Unlimited can do this. It has a 30 day full
featured free trial. Acronis Disk Director Suite 10 is Vista compatible.

Is the unallocated space immediately to the right of the C drive? That is a
requirement for Disk Management.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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Old 06-03-2007   #4 (permalink)
x6woody6x


 
 

Re: Extending partition with Disk Management

Yes, I am the admin for this account. Well it wont let me click on extend;
but is does have the option it just wont let me. It will let me shrink it,
but why would I do that? The unallocated space is left to my E drive which is
left to my C drive.
Thank you.

"Victek" wrote:

>
>
> "x6woody6x" <x6woody6x@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EB0C4EAB-C614-4D3F-87AF-519144520FC0@microsoft.com...
> >I have a 250 GB SATA hard drive and I have 50 GB used up in my C drive. I
> >had
> > an F drive with 170 GB; but I deleted it. Now the 170 GB is unallocated, I
> > want to extend my C drive with the unallocated space. When I click on Disk
> > Management in the control pannel and I right click on the C drive it is
> > greyed out and it wont let me click it. I have already tried Partition
> > Manager, it doesent work and Partition Magic is not compatible with Vista.
> > I
> > really want to extend my C drive. Help me please!

>
> First, are you logged in with an administrator account? Next, when you
> right click on C: what exactly is "grayed-out"? Is it "Extend Volume"
> option? Can you select the "Shrink Volume" option? Is the unallocated
> space on the right side or the left side of C: ?
>
>

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Old 06-03-2007   #5 (permalink)
x6woody6x


 
 

Re: Extending partition with Disk Management

I tried using that Acronis thing and it didnt work either.

No, but how do I move it over?

Thank you.

"Rock" wrote:

> "x6woody6x" wrote
> >I have a 250 GB SATA hard drive and I have 50 GB used up in my C drive. I
> >had
> > an F drive with 170 GB; but I deleted it. Now the 170 GB is unallocated, I
> > want to extend my C drive with the unallocated space. When I click on Disk
> > Management in the control pannel and I right click on the C drive it is
> > greyed out and it wont let me click it. I have already tried Partition
> > Manager, it doesent work and Partition Magic is not compatible with Vista.
> > I
> > really want to extend my C drive. Help me please!

>
>
> BootIt NG from Terabyte Unlimited can do this. It has a 30 day full
> featured free trial. Acronis Disk Director Suite 10 is Vista compatible.
>
> Is the unallocated space immediately to the right of the C drive? That is a
> requirement for Disk Management.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>

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Old 06-03-2007   #6 (permalink)
Victek


 
 

Re: Extending partition with Disk Management


>> First, are you logged in with an administrator account? Next, when you
>> right click on C: what exactly is "grayed-out"? Is it "Extend Volume"
>> option? Can you select the "Shrink Volume" option? Is the unallocated
>> space on the right side or the left side of C: ?
>>
>>

> Yes, I am the admin for this account. Well it wont let me click on extend;
> but is does have the option it just wont let me. It will let me shrink it,
> but why would I do that? The unallocated space is left to my E drive which
> is
> left to my C drive.
> Thank you.


Here's the deal. A partition can only be "extended" into unallocated space
on the right side. To use space on the left side the partition has to be
"moved" and the Vista Disk Manager can't do it. You need a third party
partition manager, such as BootIT NG that can move partitions as well as
resize them. I haven't used BootIT NG, but you may be able to tell it to do
both operations at once - push the button and come back in a couple of hours
(maybe three hours <g>). You may want to make a disk image before you
start. I've never had problems with partition management, but if something
goes wrong I doubt there's any way to get the it back. Hope this helps.
Check the link below.

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html


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Old 06-03-2007   #7 (permalink)
Rock


 
 

Re: Extending partition with Disk Management

"x6woody6x" <x6woody6x@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5552E453-96A5-4DCB-A3E9-01DE77EA6790@microsoft.com...
>I tried using that Acronis thing and it didnt work either.
>
> No, but how do I move it over?
>
> Thank you.
>
> "Rock" wrote:
>
>> "x6woody6x" wrote
>> >I have a 250 GB SATA hard drive and I have 50 GB used up in my C drive.
>> >I
>> >had
>> > an F drive with 170 GB; but I deleted it. Now the 170 GB is
>> > unallocated, I
>> > want to extend my C drive with the unallocated space. When I click on
>> > Disk
>> > Management in the control pannel and I right click on the C drive it is
>> > greyed out and it wont let me click it. I have already tried Partition
>> > Manager, it doesent work and Partition Magic is not compatible with
>> > Vista.
>> > I
>> > really want to extend my C drive. Help me please!

>>
>>
>> BootIt NG from Terabyte Unlimited can do this. It has a 30 day full
>> featured free trial. Acronis Disk Director Suite 10 is Vista compatible.
>>
>> Is the unallocated space immediately to the right of the C drive? That
>> is a
>> requirement for Disk Management.


Saying "I tried using that Acronis thing and it didn't work either." isn't
much help. What Acronis "thing"? What didn't work? Did you purchase the
program? Which one? What exactly did you try? Have you posted to an
Acronis user forum for this software?

No one can help you if you don't give detailed information.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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Old 12-08-2007   #8 (permalink)
Rod


 
 

Re: Extending partition with Disk Management

has any one trid these 3rd party tools and can verify they work? I have the
same problem

thanks,

Rod

"Rock" wrote:
Quote:

> "x6woody6x" <x6woody6x@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:5552E453-96A5-4DCB-A3E9-01DE77EA6790@xxxxxx
Quote:

> >I tried using that Acronis thing and it didnt work either.
> >
> > No, but how do I move it over?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > "Rock" wrote:
> >
Quote:

> >> "x6woody6x" wrote
> >> >I have a 250 GB SATA hard drive and I have 50 GB used up in my C drive.
> >> >I
> >> >had
> >> > an F drive with 170 GB; but I deleted it. Now the 170 GB is
> >> > unallocated, I
> >> > want to extend my C drive with the unallocated space. When I click on
> >> > Disk
> >> > Management in the control pannel and I right click on the C drive it is
> >> > greyed out and it wont let me click it. I have already tried Partition
> >> > Manager, it doesent work and Partition Magic is not compatible with
> >> > Vista.
> >> > I
> >> > really want to extend my C drive. Help me please!
> >>
> >>
> >> BootIt NG from Terabyte Unlimited can do this. It has a 30 day full
> >> featured free trial. Acronis Disk Director Suite 10 is Vista compatible.
> >>
> >> Is the unallocated space immediately to the right of the C drive? That
> >> is a
> >> requirement for Disk Management.
>
> Saying "I tried using that Acronis thing and it didn't work either." isn't
> much help. What Acronis "thing"? What didn't work? Did you purchase the
> program? Which one? What exactly did you try? Have you posted to an
> Acronis user forum for this software?
>
> No one can help you if you don't give detailed information.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>
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Old 05-15-2008   #9 (permalink)


Vista Business 32bit
 
 

Re: Extending partition with Disk Management

Can anyone recommend a good piece of software (preferrably free) that I can move the unallocated space with so that I can extend my primary volume onto it? I have the same problem
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