Computer genius, plzz help me...?

Question

I hav problem in mycomputer, can u help me? I cudnot use my full hard disk size, i don know y.... I went to control panel-performance and maintanence-system-hardware-device manager-disk drive-properties-volume, i saw my total harddisk size is 38G.B and now i'am using 19Gb only unallocated space is 19Gb, i want to use the unallocated space, can u help in this? If u want to ask ny thing then mail me:[e-mail].... plzzz genius hlp me..

Answer 1

You have two options: create a new partition, or expand your current partition. Creating a new partition is the safest, while the current partition will give you full access to your hard drive under one drive letter.

To create a new partition, use the Disk Manager. From the Control Panel, select Administrative Tools, then Computer Management. Inside Computer Management, select the "Disk Management" item on the left-hand side under Storage. Simply select the unallocated space, right-click, and select the option to create a partition.

You will then need to format that partition to actually use it. Simply right-click on your new partition and select Format. Type in a drive label if you want, but leave everything else as default and press the OK button to format the drive.

Expanding your current partition will require a program that can expand it. For NTFS partitions, the best I've found is called BootIt Next Generation by TeraByte Unlimited. It's a shareware application with a trial, but you're only going to need it for this one use. BootIt NG is distributed as a bootable CD image or a floppy disk image, both in the same package, you pick which one you need. I recommend the CD image if you can, but both will work fine either way. Make the disk.

Here's the part where I, as a reputable computer professional, must tell you to back up any critical files. Basically back up anything you don't want to lose or cannot redownload or otherwise restore. This is in case something goes wrong and you lose access to your data. Consider yourself forewarned.

Now, with the disk/CD in the drive, reboot your machine. You may need to access your BIOS to make sure your computer boots from the disk/CD first instead of your hard drive. Bear in mind that if you have a USB mouse, it will not be available inside the application on reboot.

Now BootIt NG is pretty straightforward, but there is help available within the app if you have questions. From the front screen of the app, select "Partition Work". This will bring up a dialog. On the left-hand side, make sure your hard drive is selected. Then select the partition you want to expand and click the "Resize" button on the right.

In the Resize dialog, make the "new size" as large as you can to fill the drive, then click OK.

One word of caution: resizing your partition will put your data at risk. It is critical that you do this during a time when the risk of a power outage is minimal (in other words, if a storm or other risky weather event is approaching, wait to do this), and you must not reboot or reset your computer in the middle. It will take some time for the operation to complete, so be sure to let it run.

When it's done, reboot your computer and enjoy your new, larger partition.

If you have any questions on this, feel free to contact me at [e-mail], or speak to a professional at your local computer store.

Answer 2

Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management.

You'll be able to see the partitions on your drive, if there is 19GB unallocated, you can format that part and merge it with the rest of your drive.

Answer 3

Hi how r u i have a solution for u dear friend.
I think u had made some partitions using bootable CD and i think u had used win98 bootable cd and with fdisk command before partition ok then do the things
1. go to the run command and type fdisk
2. it will ask for some (y/n) for give (n) ok
3. press 4 to see the partitions what are present and what are not allocated
4. if it is showing unpartetion space then make a new logical partetion in the extended dos partition ok
5. if it not showing unpartiton space then u need to do the steps below
6. if this will resolve your problem then ok
7. otherwise take the backup of data present in your hard drive to another hardrive
8. Delete all partitions present and repartetion your hard drive again but in a proper way dont be confused when partitioning coz if u are confused then u cant make partitions.
9. insert a bootable windows Xp cd and boot with cd it will ask for installation and press enter
10. software aggrement press F8
11. it will show ur hard drive partitions and delete all partitions present by highlighting it with the arrow keys u can see the help in left side of the task bar.
12. then again create new partetions by giving the space of hard drives you want to make.
Eg: 10000. it is equal to 10GB ok
13. it will ask for formating the partition it will show u NTFS(QUICK), NTFS, FAT32, FAT32(QUICK)
go through FAT32 it will give u the proper maintanance of your hard drive ok

then it will ask for installation choose the drive C for installation ok
then the operating system will install by step by step

13.after installtion
format the other partitions using the same FAT32 to D, E, F what
ever u had made ok

ok thank you dear friend if it will not resolve your problem then mail me i ll send u a feedback ok bye

take care

Answer 4

Check the documentation on your system regarding the BIOS and hard drive limitations. You may either need to upgrade your BIOS, change BIOS settings or install a utility so that the OS can utilize the entire drive.

Answer 5

Use Partition Magic version 6 or higher, it allows you to reclaim un-allocated space without having to re-format your hard disk.

Answer 6

Are you on a computer where you have to log in? Are you the administrator (main user) of this machine? Sounds to me like you have been locked out of those features by someone else...

Answer 7

I second the opinion of using Partition Magic.

Answer 8

you wont be able to do any "merging" without partition magic or the like. You would however have a D: with 19gigs on it

Answer 9

What os and motherboard ur using.

Answer 10

do you get solution for your system.

you must format your system.