Partition Question

May 25, 2008

I've never had to deal with Parttions before so forgive my ignorance....

I am using Vitsa Home Premium and decided to dual boot with Kubuntu which I

absolutely hated. I removed Kubuntu by deleting the partition then restoring

the boot manager for Vista.

The partition that contained Kubuntu is now empty. I would like to merge the

partition back into Vista. How do I do this?

May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

Open up Computer Management...format it to NTFS.

It will still remain a separate drive without using a third party partition

tool.

"Ron K." <RonK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:F0996A4F-B5DF-4AD6-924D-939AEAA036D5@microsoft.com...

> I've never had to deal with Parttions before so forgive my ignorance....

>

> I am using Vitsa Home Premium and decided to dual boot with Kubuntu which

> I

> absolutely hated. I removed Kubuntu by deleting the partition then

> restoring

> the boot manager for Vista.

>

> The partition that contained Kubuntu is now empty. I would like to merge

> the

> partition back into Vista. How do I do this?

>

May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

"Hobbes" <Hobbes@Calvins.lol> wrote in message news:g1c8os$ivo$1@aioe.org...

> Open up Computer Management...format it to NTFS.

> It will still remain a separate drive without using a third party

> partition tool.

>

Let me qualify that by saying I could not Extend the Vista partition Back

into that reclaimed space with Vista Home Premium.

Maybe other versions of Vista can.

I have done the exact same thing....I ended up re-installing to get my

partitions back to XP, Vista , and a Swap/Music partition.

> "Ron K." <RonK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:F0996A4F-B5DF-4AD6-924D-939AEAA036D5@microsoft.com...

>> I've never had to deal with Parttions before so forgive my ignorance....

>>

>> I am using Vitsa Home Premium and decided to dual boot with Kubuntu which

>> I

>> absolutely hated. I removed Kubuntu by deleting the partition then

>> restoring

>> the boot manager for Vista.

>>

>> The partition that contained Kubuntu is now empty. I would like to merge

>> the

>> partition back into Vista. How do I do this?

>>

>

May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

"Hobbes" <Hobbes@Calvins.lol> wrote in message news:g1c99p$l4e$1@aioe.org...

>

> "Hobbes" <Hobbes@Calvins.lol> wrote in message

> news:g1c8os$ivo$1@aioe.org...

>> Open up Computer Management...format it to NTFS.

>> It will still remain a separate drive without using a third party

>> partition tool.

>>

>

> Let me qualify that by saying I could not Extend the Vista partition Back

> into that reclaimed space with Vista Home Premium.

> Maybe other versions of Vista can.

> I have done the exact same thing....I ended up re-installing to get my

> partitions back to XP, Vista , and a Swap/Music partition.

>

>> "Ron K." <RonK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:F0996A4F-B5DF-4AD6-924D-939AEAA036D5@microsoft.com...

>>> I've never had to deal with Parttions before so forgive my ignorance....

>>>

>>> I am using Vitsa Home Premium and decided to dual boot with Kubuntu

>>> which I

>>> absolutely hated. I removed Kubuntu by deleting the partition then

>>> restoring

>>> the boot manager for Vista.

>>>

>>> The partition that contained Kubuntu is now empty. I would like to merge

>>> the

>>> partition back into Vista. How do I do this?

>>>

>>

>

I must include my multiple...hard won , titles

May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

Come on Titles

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Tiger Extraordinaire/ TDTK, QZ,MissAK

"Hobbes" <Hobbes@Calvins.lol> wrote in message news:g1c9nm$mhr$1@aioe.org...

>

> "Hobbes" <Hobbes@Calvins.lol> wrote in message

> news:g1c99p$l4e$1@aioe.org...

>>

>> "Hobbes" <Hobbes@Calvins.lol> wrote in message

>> news:g1c8os$ivo$1@aioe.org...

>>> Open up Computer Management...format it to NTFS.

>>> It will still remain a separate drive without using a third party

>>> partition tool.

>>>

>>

>> Let me qualify that by saying I could not Extend the Vista partition Back

>> into that reclaimed space with Vista Home Premium.

>> Maybe other versions of Vista can.

>> I have done the exact same thing....I ended up re-installing to get my

>> partitions back to XP, Vista , and a Swap/Music partition.

>>

>>> "Ron K." <RonK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>> news:F0996A4F-B5DF-4AD6-924D-939AEAA036D5@microsoft.com...

>>>> I've never had to deal with Parttions before so forgive my

>>>> ignorance....

>>>>

>>>> I am using Vitsa Home Premium and decided to dual boot with Kubuntu

>>>> which I

>>>> absolutely hated. I removed Kubuntu by deleting the partition then

>>>> restoring

>>>> the boot manager for Vista.

>>>>

>>>> The partition that contained Kubuntu is now empty. I would like to

>>>> merge the

>>>> partition back into Vista. How do I do this?

>>>>

>>>

>>

>

> I must include my multiple...hard won , titles

May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

As you can see, the Tiger Extraordinaire is a hard fought title....difficult

to attain...even more difficult to get to show up in the sig.

--

Hobbes

Tiger Extraordinaire/ TDTK, QZ,MissAK

"Hobbes" <Hobbes@Calvins.lol> wrote in message news:g1c9pn$n8n$1@aioe.org...

> Come on Titles

>

> --

> Hobbes

> Tiger Extraordinaire/ TDTK, QZ,MissAK

> "Hobbes" <Hobbes@Calvins.lol> wrote in message

> news:g1c9nm$mhr$1@aioe.org...

>>

>> "Hobbes" <Hobbes@Calvins.lol> wrote in message

>> news:g1c99p$l4e$1@aioe.org...

>>>

>>> "Hobbes" <Hobbes@Calvins.lol> wrote in message

>>> news:g1c8os$ivo$1@aioe.org...

>>>> Open up Computer Management...format it to NTFS.

>>>> It will still remain a separate drive without using a third party

>>>> partition tool.

>>>>

>>>

>>> Let me qualify that by saying I could not Extend the Vista partition

>>> Back into that reclaimed space with Vista Home Premium.

>>> Maybe other versions of Vista can.

>>> I have done the exact same thing....I ended up re-installing to get my

>>> partitions back to XP, Vista , and a Swap/Music partition.

>>>

>>>> "Ron K." <RonK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>>> news:F0996A4F-B5DF-4AD6-924D-939AEAA036D5@microsoft.com...

>>>>> I've never had to deal with Parttions before so forgive my

>>>>> ignorance....

>>>>>

>>>>> I am using Vitsa Home Premium and decided to dual boot with Kubuntu

>>>>> which I

>>>>> absolutely hated. I removed Kubuntu by deleting the partition then

>>>>> restoring

>>>>> the boot manager for Vista.

>>>>>

>>>>> The partition that contained Kubuntu is now empty. I would like to

>>>>> merge the

>>>>> partition back into Vista. How do I do this?

>>>>>

>>>>

>>>

>>

>> I must include my multiple...hard won , titles

>

May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

As you can see, the Tiger Extraordinaire is a hard fought title....difficult

to attain...even more difficult to get to show up in the sig.

--

Hobbes

Tiger Extraordinaire/ TDTK, QZ,MissAK

"Hobbes" <Hobbes@Calvins.lol> wrote in message news:g1c9pn$n8n$1@aioe.org...

> Come on Titles

>

> --

> Hobbes

> Tiger Extraordinaire/ TDTK, QZ,MissAK

> "Hobbes" <Hobbes@Calvins.lol> wrote in message

> news:g1c9nm$mhr$1@aioe.org...

>>

>> "Hobbes" <Hobbes@Calvins.lol> wrote in message

>> news:g1c99p$l4e$1@aioe.org...

>>>

>>> "Hobbes" <Hobbes@Calvins.lol> wrote in message

>>> news:g1c8os$ivo$1@aioe.org...

>>>> Open up Computer Management...format it to NTFS.

>>>> It will still remain a separate drive without using a third party

>>>> partition tool.

>>>>

>>>

>>> Let me qualify that by saying I could not Extend the Vista partition

>>> Back into that reclaimed space with Vista Home Premium.

>>> Maybe other versions of Vista can.

>>> I have done the exact same thing....I ended up re-installing to get my

>>> partitions back to XP, Vista , and a Swap/Music partition.

>>>

>>>> "Ron K." <RonK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>>> news:F0996A4F-B5DF-4AD6-924D-939AEAA036D5@microsoft.com...

>>>>> I've never had to deal with Parttions before so forgive my

>>>>> ignorance....

>>>>>

>>>>> I am using Vitsa Home Premium and decided to dual boot with Kubuntu

>>>>> which I

>>>>> absolutely hated. I removed Kubuntu by deleting the partition then

>>>>> restoring

>>>>> the boot manager for Vista.

>>>>>

>>>>> The partition that contained Kubuntu is now empty. I would like to

>>>>> merge the

>>>>> partition back into Vista. How do I do this?

>>>>>

>>>>

>>>

>>

>> I must include my multiple...hard won , titles

>

May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

Any ideas for more letters to include in my sig.

I'm prone to Capitalized constanants...J, Q , and W's are my favorites.

MissAK was disputed, but as a tiger I ate the last contestant.... in my

book, that makes me the clear winner.

--

Hobbes

Tiger Extraordinaire/ TDTK, QZ,MissAK

"Hobbes" <Hobbes@Calvins.lol> wrote in message news:g1ca0r$npd$2@aioe.org...

> As you can see, the Tiger Extraordinaire is a hard fought

> title....difficult

> to attain...even more difficult to get to show up in the sig.

>

> --

> Hobbes

> Tiger Extraordinaire/ TDTK, QZ,MissAK

> "Hobbes" <Hobbes@Calvins.lol> wrote in message

> news:g1c9pn$n8n$1@aioe.org...

>> Come on Titles

>>

>> --

>> Hobbes

>> Tiger Extraordinaire/ TDTK, QZ,MissAK

>> "Hobbes" <Hobbes@Calvins.lol> wrote in message

>> news:g1c9nm$mhr$1@aioe.org...

>>>

>>> "Hobbes" <Hobbes@Calvins.lol> wrote in message

>>> news:g1c99p$l4e$1@aioe.org...

>>>>

>>>> "Hobbes" <Hobbes@Calvins.lol> wrote in message

>>>> news:g1c8os$ivo$1@aioe.org...

>>>>> Open up Computer Management...format it to NTFS.

>>>>> It will still remain a separate drive without using a third party

>>>>> partition tool.

>>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Let me qualify that by saying I could not Extend the Vista partition

>>>> Back into that reclaimed space with Vista Home Premium.

>>>> Maybe other versions of Vista can.

>>>> I have done the exact same thing....I ended up re-installing to get my

>>>> partitions back to XP, Vista , and a Swap/Music partition.

>>>>

>>>>> "Ron K." <RonK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>>>> news:F0996A4F-B5DF-4AD6-924D-939AEAA036D5@microsoft.com...

>>>>>> I've never had to deal with Parttions before so forgive my

>>>>>> ignorance....

>>>>>>

>>>>>> I am using Vitsa Home Premium and decided to dual boot with Kubuntu

>>>>>> which I

>>>>>> absolutely hated. I removed Kubuntu by deleting the partition then

>>>>>> restoring

>>>>>> the boot manager for Vista.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> The partition that contained Kubuntu is now empty. I would like to

>>>>>> merge the

>>>>>> partition back into Vista. How do I do this?

>>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>

>>>

>>> I must include my multiple...hard won , titles

>>

>

May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

In article <F0996A4F-B5DF-4AD6-924D-939AEAA036D5@microsoft.com>, =?Utf-8?B?Um9uIEsu?=

<RonK@discussions.microsoft.com> says...

> I've never had to deal with Parttions before so forgive my ignorance....

>

> I am using Vitsa Home Premium and decided to dual boot with Kubuntu which I

> absolutely hated. I removed Kubuntu by deleting the partition then restoring

> the boot manager for Vista.

>

> The partition that contained Kubuntu is now empty. I would like to merge the

> partition back into Vista. How do I do this?

Go to the Drivemanagement, remove the Ubuntu-partition, click

right at the Windowspartition and expand the partition with the

free space.

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May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

On Sun, 25 May 2008 10:42:00 -0700, Ron K.

<RonK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I've never had to deal with Parttions before so forgive my ignorance....

>

>I am using Vitsa Home Premium and decided to dual boot with Kubuntu which I

>absolutely hated. I removed Kubuntu by deleting the partition then restoring

>the boot manager for Vista.

>

>The partition that contained Kubuntu is now empty. I would like to merge the

>partition back into Vista. How do I do this?

You will need a third-party disk/partition manager. You can't do it

with what Windows gives you to work with.

May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

On Sun, 25 May 2008 20:28:53 +0200, Jawade <Henk_Jawade@hotmail.com>

wrote:

>> The partition that contained Kubuntu is now empty. I would like to merge the

>> partition back into Vista. How do I do this?

>

>Go to the Drivemanagement, remove the Ubuntu-partition, click

>right at the Windowspartition and expand the partition with the

>free space.

No s***? Another reason to go with Vista over XP!

Apologies to the OP for giving a wrong answer.

May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

As Nonny states - you cannot extend a system/boot partition - need

third-party utility.

"Nonny" <nonnymoose@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:h5cj34ddn6nedevm6lei283ja3urdql2rt@4ax.com...

> On Sun, 25 May 2008 10:42:00 -0700, Ron K.

> <RonK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

>>I've never had to deal with Parttions before so forgive my ignorance....

>>

>>I am using Vitsa Home Premium and decided to dual boot with Kubuntu which

>>I

>>absolutely hated. I removed Kubuntu by deleting the partition then

>>restoring

>>the boot manager for Vista.

>>

>>The partition that contained Kubuntu is now empty. I would like to merge

>>the

>>partition back into Vista. How do I do this?

>

> You will need a third-party disk/partition manager. You can't do it

> with what Windows gives you to work with.

May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

On Sun, 25 May 2008 15:40:33 -0400, "AJR" <ajrjdr@comcast.net> wrote:

>As Nonny states - you cannot extend a system/boot partition - need

>third-party utility.

Now I'm confused.

Whatever... I don't use Windows disk management for anything other

than assigning drive letters anyway.

May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

In article <#oYy18pvIHA.5472@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, AJR <ajrjdr@comcast.net> says...

> As Nonny states - you cannot extend a system/boot partition - need

> third-party utility.

No, you don't. Drivemanagement from Vista will do it for you.

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May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

On Sun, 25 May 2008 22:22:39 +0200, Jawade <Henk_Jawade@hotmail.com>

wrote:

>In article <#oYy18pvIHA.5472@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, AJR <ajrjdr@comcast.net> says...

>> As Nonny states - you cannot extend a system/boot partition - need

>> third-party utility.

>

>No, you don't. Drivemanagement from Vista will do it for you.

To the SYSTEM/BOOT partition?

I can't find any support for that online (but I'm still looking).

May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

On Sun, 25 May 2008 10:42:00 -0700, Ron K. wrote:

> I've never had to deal with Parttions before so forgive my ignorance....

>

> I am using Vitsa Home Premium and decided to dual boot with Kubuntu

> which I absolutely hated. I removed Kubuntu by deleting the partition

> then restoring the boot manager for Vista.

>

> The partition that contained Kubuntu is now empty. I would like to merge

> the partition back into Vista. How do I do this?

One simple solution would be to boot the Ubuntu Live CD and use gparted

from the system menu to delete the unused partition and expand your main

partition to reclaim the space. That's essentially the reverse of what was

done.

May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

Hi, Ron.

As Jawade said, use Disk Management, a built-in part of every version of

Windows starting with Windows 2000. There are several ways to start it; my

favorite is to just press the Start button, type diskmgmt.msc and press

Enter. You'll need the Administrator password to get past this point.

In Disk Management, by default you should see the volume list in the top of

the window and the Graphical View at the bottom; just two ways to look at

the same information. From this window, we can manage our hard disk

partitions (and just about any other device that can be assigned a "drive"

letter, such as a CD/DVD drive, a USB flash drive, etc.). We can create and

format partitions, name them, assign and reassign letters, and do other

jobs, too. (While "partition" and "volume" are not truly synonymous, they

are often used to mean the same thing. In Disk Management, click Help |

Help Topics | Disk Management Welcome for lots of good information that most

computer users never get around to learning.)

In your case, if I understand what you've told us so far, you should see

your Drive C:, followed by the partition that held Kubuntu. That partition

may now be completely empty, but it is not yet "Free Space" because it is

still a part of that empty partition. If that's correct, then right-click

on the Kubuntu partition and click Delete Volume and confirm that you are

sure. You should then see that area as Free Space.

NOW you can right-click on Drive C: and choose Extend volume. That option

is greyed out unless the space immediately following the chosen volume is

free, but it should now be available.

If you don't see what I expect, please post back with details about what

volumes are on that hard drive.

RC

--

R. C. White, CPA

San Marcos, TX

rc@grandecom.net

Microsoft Windows MVP

(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

"Ron K." <RonK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:F0996A4F-B5DF-4AD6-924D-939AEAA036D5@microsoft.com...

> I've never had to deal with Parttions before so forgive my ignorance....

>

> I am using Vitsa Home Premium and decided to dual boot with Kubuntu which

> I

> absolutely hated. I removed Kubuntu by deleting the partition then

> restoring

> the boot manager for Vista.

>

> The partition that contained Kubuntu is now empty. I would like to merge

> the

> partition back into Vista. How do I do this?

May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

You cannot extend the boot partition.

If someone has done this...I 'd like to read it.

NEVER in Vista has the Extend partition been highlighted in computer

management.

Maybe someone from MS can state whether there are limitations to this.

I have deleted all partitions but C: ... I can create a new partition...I

can shrink C: ... but I can never Extend it.

You can read pages of this limitation by googling Vista expand partition

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Hobbes

Tiger Extraordinaire/ TDTK, QZ,MissAK

"R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message

news:%23DrCo5qvIHA.5096@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Hi, Ron.

>

> As Jawade said, use Disk Management, a built-in part of every version of

> Windows starting with Windows 2000. There are several ways to start it;

> my favorite is to just press the Start button, type diskmgmt.msc and press

> Enter. You'll need the Administrator password to get past this point.

>

> In Disk Management, by default you should see the volume list in the top

> of the window and the Graphical View at the bottom; just two ways to look

> at the same information. From this window, we can manage our hard disk

> partitions (and just about any other device that can be assigned a "drive"

> letter, such as a CD/DVD drive, a USB flash drive, etc.). We can create

> and format partitions, name them, assign and reassign letters, and do

> other jobs, too. (While "partition" and "volume" are not truly

> synonymous, they are often used to mean the same thing. In Disk

> Management, click Help | Help Topics | Disk Management Welcome for lots of

> good information that most computer users never get around to learning.)

>

> In your case, if I understand what you've told us so far, you should see

> your Drive C:, followed by the partition that held Kubuntu. That

> partition may now be completely empty, but it is not yet "Free Space"

> because it is still a part of that empty partition. If that's correct,

> then right-click on the Kubuntu partition and click Delete Volume and

> confirm that you are sure. You should then see that area as Free Space.

>

> NOW you can right-click on Drive C: and choose Extend volume. That option

> is greyed out unless the space immediately following the chosen volume is

> free, but it should now be available.

>

> If you don't see what I expect, please post back with details about what

> volumes are on that hard drive.

>

> RC

> --

> R. C. White, CPA

> San Marcos, TX

> rc@grandecom.net

> Microsoft Windows MVP

> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

>

> "Ron K." <RonK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:F0996A4F-B5DF-4AD6-924D-939AEAA036D5@microsoft.com...

>> I've never had to deal with Parttions before so forgive my ignorance....

>>

>> I am using Vitsa Home Premium and decided to dual boot with Kubuntu which

>> I

>> absolutely hated. I removed Kubuntu by deleting the partition then

>> restoring

>> the boot manager for Vista.

>>

>> The partition that contained Kubuntu is now empty. I would like to merge

>> the

>> partition back into Vista. How do I do this?

>

May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

In article <bdjj34t3ibkvs4pkeaol7eriif2q54i033@4ax.com>, Nonny <nonnymoose@yahoo.com> says...

> On Sun, 25 May 2008 22:22:39 +0200, Jawade <Henk_Jawade@hotmail.com>

> wrote:

>

> >In article <#oYy18pvIHA.5472@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, AJR <ajrjdr@comcast.net> says...

> >> As Nonny states - you cannot extend a system/boot partition - need

> >> third-party utility.

> >

> >No, you don't. Drivemanagement from Vista will do it for you.

>

> To the SYSTEM/BOOT partition?

>

> I can't find any support for that online (but I'm still looking).

Believe me, it's possible.

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May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

In article <MPG.22a3fe58bfcc334e989884@news.microsoft.com>,

Jawade <Henk_Jawade@hotmail.com> wrote:

>

>Believe me, it's possible.

>

How? I'm under the distinct impression that you can't extend

the boot volume.

May 25, 2008

Re: Partition Question

In article <#DrCo5qvIHA.5096@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>,

R. C. White <rc@grandecom.net> wrote:

>

>NOW you can right-click on Drive C: and choose Extend volume. That option

>is greyed out unless the space immediately following the chosen volume is

It's also greyed out of C: is a system or boot volume. However,

you can use the old XP diskpart command line utlitity to do this.

diskpart, list volume, select <volume number> , extend size=whatever

May 25, 2008