I have a HP Pavilion a400n. It has a 80 gb harddrive. 5 gb's of it are partioned into backup files for the computer. I deleted all of the files now i want to get rid of that 5 gb and make it into a 10 gb. How to do it?
2006-07-27 09:00:59 · 19 answers · asked by thiscoolguy!! 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Partition Magic is good but there's a much better program called BootIt NG.
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html
It's a lot more reliable than Partition Magic (although a bit less intuitive to use). I'd highly recommend it.
Whether or not you pay for it or "acquire" it through other means is up to you. But I think it's worth the money.
Note anyone who says you have to reformat is utterly wrong. Also Disk Management only works when you have unpartitioned space to expand into, which you don't.
2006-07-27 09:37:10 · answer #1 · answered by Oli 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Boot the computer from your Windows CD. Delete both existing partitions and create two new ones - one 10 gb and one 70 gb.
Keep in mind that doing this will delete all the contents of your drive, so you'll need to back everything up first and be prepared to reinstall Windows (and everything else) after partitioning.
2006-07-27 09:08:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you only had 2 partition (let's say C and D=5gb).
It's pretty sure your Operative sistem it's on drive C, so, in order to grow up partition D, you have 2 options:
First One, to reinstall windows, and on the step where you define the partitions, define a bigger partition for D. Of course this option involve do a entire backup of your info.
Second One, is to get a software like "Partition Magic". As far as I know, it could help you to grow up your D partition without format the entire disk.
2006-07-27 09:06:09 · answer #3 · answered by AlexTLC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Partitions can only be changed by low-level formatting. Typically, low-level formatting erases all data on the entire disk. So, after you repartition your drive, you will have to reinstall every piece of software, starting with the operating system.
Alternatively, you can simply install a second hard drive, which will give you more partitions to work with...
2006-07-27 09:15:44 · answer #4 · answered by NC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you delete the 5 gig partition you will lose your warranty. That partition is for system recovery. If that doesn't bother you, you can always use a program like partition magic to delete the partition and create a new one.
2006-07-27 09:05:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy Partition Magic.
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2016-10-08 09:37:16 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Partition magic works real well but you can buy a new hard drive for less than that program, i would buy an additional hdd and install it as a slave in your computer, since your computer is working properly I wouldn't change anything
2006-07-27 09:46:16 · answer #8 · answered by johnman142 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
partition magic what a bunch of dorks. Right click my computer management and go to disk management right click the 5 gig side and make a new volume using all of the 10 gigs...
2006-07-27 09:12:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anointed71 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Partition Magic is an awesome program for doing any kind of partitioning. Its not that expensive and its worth every penny and you dont loose any data after partitioning.
2006-07-27 09:03:47 · answer #10 · answered by Corpse Grinder 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋