Featured Worklog

Price Search



PC Apex Sponsor


PC Apex Sponsors



PC Apex RSS Feeds

RSS Feed for PC Apex Reviews & ArticlesRSS Feed for PC Apex PC Modding WorklogsRSS Feed for the PC Apex Daily DisturbanceRSS Feed for the latest PC Apex Site NewsRSS Feed for PC Apex Affiliate and Web NewsRSS Feed for PC Apex Deals and Steals

Go Back   Apex Community Forums // PC Apex Forums // PC Apex Troubleshooting // Windows OS Problems

Windows OS Problems General Windows OS issues.

Reply
 
LinkBack (1) Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 08-December-07, 06:50 PM   1 links from elsewhere to this Post. Click to view. #1 (permalink)
Apex Master Tech Apprentice
 
Baka Sempai's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Somewhere between here and over there
Posts: 295
Baka Sempai has been noticed
Send a message via AIM to Baka Sempai Send a message via Yahoo to Baka Sempai
Default Merging unused hard drive space?

Kay, I just re-installed Windows XP x64 on an existing partition. Problem is, on the Hard Disk Manager, the partition shows up in the middle of two chunks of unallocated space, roughly 160 Gb and 25 Gb. Is there any way for me to consolidate that unused space into a single partition, like a program perhaps? Thanks in advance.
__________________
Check out my Work Log: Kha0s

Major Motoko Kusanagi: Look at the bright side, if this doesn't work, we can all go drown our sorrows at a nudie bar.

"If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and no-one dares criticize it." ~ Pierre Gallois
Baka Sempai is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Old 08-December-07, 08:11 PM   #2 (permalink)
n00b-ass reviewer
 
BigAkita's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Nirvana
Posts: 14,317
BigAkita has achieved legendary status.
BigAkita has achieved legendary status.BigAkita has achieved legendary status.BigAkita has achieved legendary status.BigAkita has achieved legendary status.BigAkita has achieved legendary status.
Default Re: Merging unused hard drive space?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Baka Sempai
Kay, I just re-installed Windows XP x64 on an existing partition. Problem is, on the Hard Disk Manager, the partition shows up in the middle of two chunks of unallocated space, roughly 160 Gb and 25 Gb. Is there any way for me to consolidate that unused space into a single partition, like a program perhaps? Thanks in advance.

I've heard that Acronis Disk Director works well with XP 64.
__________________
"I'll stop being an A-Hole if you will stop being an Idiot."
BigAkita is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-December-07, 09:50 PM   #3 (permalink)
PCApex Corr-Hoe-spondent
 
BeetleMan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Jax-Hoe-ville Florida
Posts: 1,968
BeetleMan is renowned and respectedBeetleMan is renowned and respectedBeetleMan is renowned and respectedBeetleMan is renowned and respectedBeetleMan is renowned and respectedBeetleMan is renowned and respected
Send a message via ICQ to BeetleMan
Default Re: Merging unused hard drive space?

EDIT:For some reason i read "Vista 64bit
" - not sure if following will work in XP...

Is there other partitions on that disk, or does it look like this:

|25GB unallocated space || (C: )120GB NTFS Healty(System,Boot,Pagefile... yada,yada ||160GB unallocated space |

You are using Vista Disk Management,right?
If you don't have other partitions on that disk, you could try the following:
1. Right click on (C: )
2. Click "Extend Volume"
3. Extend the disk with your unallocated space, you might have to do it twice, one for the 25, and one for the 160.
4. You should now have a disk roughly 185GB larger than before.
5. Right click on (C: )
6. Click "Shrink Volume"
8. In the shrink option , shrink it the size that you want new partition.
9. You should now have a new unallocated space, whatever size you choosed
10. Right click on unallocated space
11. Click on " New Simple Volume"
Voila!
If theres more than these 3 "partitions" on that disk, this might not work, up to you to try it,-it did not work for me when i had 2 partitions and 2 unallocated spaces....

Good Luck!
Disclaimer: Anyone reading this, and following these steps are doing so on their own risk.
Choosing the wrong partition, click on wrong options, format wrong partition, or disk can result in loosing your data.
__________________
BeetleMan is online now   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Cost of Hard Drive Space... THRiLL KiLL Anything Goes 8 07-November-06 09:43 PM
Affiliate Reviews: Hard Drives, Hard Drive Cooling and Cables Spectrum PC Apex Web News 0 12-November-05 10:50 AM
Unused space on hard drives recovered? [TheInquirer.net] TykSak Anything Goes 6 11-March-04 07:34 AM
Hard drive space seems to be missing Langsam Other PC Problem / Help 5 28-February-04 01:14 AM
Missing Hard drive space? HappyCamper Other PC Problem / Help 12 31-January-04 02:21 AM

LinkBacks (?)
LinkBack to this Thread: http://www.forumapex.com/windows_os_problems/119721-merging_unused_hard_drive_space.html
Posted By For Type Date
"Windows OS Problems" - forum profile :: BoardReader This thread Refback 27-December-07 12:47 PM


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:26 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.2.0 RC5
Copyright PCApex.com, GameApex.com, ForumApex.com 2001 - 2008
Advertisements

Page generated in 0.16491 seconds with 9 queries