Partition Question

[Guest R. C. White]

Re: Partition Question

 

Hi, Denko.

 

What make and model computer?

 

Some manufacturers create a "recovery partition", either before Drive C: or

at the end of the drive, then hide it from normal operations. I've never

had such a system but I've read about them in many posts in these

newsgroups. My understanding is that this is your "emergency" partition and

should NOT be touched unless you know what it is and what you are doing -

and why.

 

I'll defer to others who do understand such partitions. Please don't do

anything with it until you understand the situation. You do NOT "have a

similiar situation" to the one Ron described!

 

It would be best to start a new thread so that readers can focus on your

problem, without all the issues in the long existing thread.

 

RC

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R. C. White, CPA

San Marcos, TX

rc@grandecom.net

Microsoft Windows MVP

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

 

"denko" <denko@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:17FFFA4C-E211-4D92-86D1-7B91BCFAEA9C@microsoft.com...

> Hi RC,

>

> I read your reply and I have a similiar situation. I am running Vista

> Home

> Basic iwth one HDD. When I look at the disk management graphic, I see 10

> GB

> of unallocated space then my C: system volume (looking left to right).

>

> I want to have only one volume (C:) that includes the entire HDD. When I

> try to extend the current C: volume it is greyed out. How do I confiure

> the

> entire drive as C: without losing any programs/data or reinstalling Vista?

>

> Thanks in advance for any help

>

>

>

> .te" wrote:

>

>> 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

>>

>> "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?