Extending volume

[Newfangle9]

Beginners question here (again) I have read the tutorial on how to delete a partition and extend the volume, and it seems pretty basic. I do have a question though. My C partition is 50GB, and I have a new volume E partition of 100Gb. I also have unallocated space left of 550Gb (750Gb seagate). I think I want to just want to have one big partition. Not sure if it's a good idea, but I was wondering if I need to go ahead and format the unallocated space first, or will I have an option to do it? I did right click on it, and I got an option to make it a simple volume or something similar, but thought I'd wait a bit on that. Any advice is always appreciated )

 

[Brink]

Hi Newfangle,

You do not want to make a Simple volume or format the unallocated partition unless you want to use it. When you Delete the partition in step 4 of the tutorial, it makes the partition unallocated anyway. This will merge the unallocated partitition with the E: partition. You will then have to repeat the tutorial to add the E: partition back to the main C: partition.

How to Delete and Extend a Partition with Disk Management in Vista


You can always shrink them again to make new partitions if you change your mind later.

How to Shrink and Create a Partition with Disk Management in Vista

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[Newfangle9]

All done, thanks Brink )

 

[Brink]

Your welcome Newfangle,

I like your avatar.

 

[brummyfan]

Hi brink
My Acer laptop came with two equal partitions of 50GB and I was bit concerned that I may left with lot of space in D(Data) partition and C(system) partition being filled up by all "My Documents" stuff. I was not sure about moving files or folders to the data partition as the process is more technical. And I found your suggestion to another member and I gave it a try and it worked for me. Now I have a single partition of 100GB and I am quite happy.
Thank you for your clear explanation and I would like some one else those who are in my situation to benefit from this. Thanks again for your good work.

 

[Brink]

Your welcome brummyfan,

I'm glad that it helped resolve your problem as well.

Shawn