I have a HP laptop, & it has a 100GB HD, but I have only my Recovery Partition (D:) & the Windows Partition (C:) .
I tried using Partition Magic so as to create a new partition but it doesn't allow me to take space from the C: partition, & the D: (Recovery Partition) has no space. (Note that I don't want to change anything in the Recovery Partition.)
So, I was wondering maybe there is another way to re-partition or there might be some security restrictions I can disable so that I can create a partition from the free space on the C: partition.
So, I hope anyone knows how to do this without formatting.
Thanks in advance.
2007-05-31 03:23:11 · 10 answers · asked by Mohanad Mohie El-Deen 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
have you tried the vista command "diskpart"
try resizing the partition rather than creating a new one.
then once you resize you may be able to maje a new one?
2007-05-31 03:28:09 · answer #1 · answered by basscleff 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try partition magic again but before you run it defragment the drive
Sequence of operation
Defrag C:
Backup all partitions create ASR disk
Partition magic
resize partition C:
reboot
Create new partition
format new partition
Note Recovery partition may have changed Drive letter
2007-05-31 03:39:50 · answer #2 · answered by Easy Peasy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can do it using Partition Magic. If your not aware of how to use it get someone who has used it before. Because you can risk loosing your data.
But i am sure you can do what you want using Partition magic.
Still need help get back to me with some more details and i will try to help you out
2007-05-31 03:29:20 · answer #3 · answered by Sunil Saripalli 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
download partition magic. It will allow you to adjust your partitions without reformatting. NOTE: Anytime you change a partition you are at risk of losing everything so make sure you have a backup.
That is also their disclaimer. I have used their product over 200 times and never lost anything.
2007-05-31 03:26:49 · answer #4 · answered by Yes I am here!! 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Copy the data off of the D drive and use a program like partition magic or paragon partition manager to delete the D partition and resize the C partition to fill the drive.
2016-05-17 12:25:01 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
either you have a really old version of Partition Magic or your missing something (or maybe not all options are installed). I use it quite often to do just you're describing and am able to allocate from existing partitions.
2007-05-31 03:27:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
re-partition cant be done without formatting...m too feeling very sucked wid this
2007-05-31 03:29:07 · answer #7 · answered by Akash Jain 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hope this helps:
http://geekswithblogs.net/ntpro/archive/2006/11/22/97843.aspx
2007-05-31 03:38:58 · answer #8 · answered by Quest_Master 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try using GParted, burn the image to a CD and boot to it. It's easy to use and has many good options:
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
2007-05-31 03:26:58 · answer #9 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try the best tool ever
http://www.partition-manager.com/
i have a bootable USB stick i use to boot from whenever something happens!
2007-05-31 03:28:02 · answer #10 · answered by C.C.I. 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋