Extending Partition

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Based on my limited search I get the impression that this dead horse has been
beaten since the release of vista, but most of the recommended solutions
(namely diskpart utility and the disk management part of the computer
management control panel program) have decisively failed.

I had 3 partitions on my one drive. The first was a paging partition for
Linux. The second had Xubuntu (Feisty Fawn I believe). Anyways, I've decided
to extend my vista partition to the entire drive. Recently I re-installed
vista and saw that as my opportunity. When installing vista I deleted the
other two drives leaving raw unused portion of the drive but I saw no way to
merge it with the remaining partition without losing all of my data.

So now, I ask, is there any way to extend my main C partition to take up all
of the main drive, or am I screwed to forever having this configuration:

Disk 0: [Unused portion ~61 GB][C partition (vista installation) ~80 GB]

btw.. I'm using Vista Home Premium edition
 
Hi,

You can only extend a volume when the free space resides at the end of it,
not at the beginning. What you need to do is use a third party tool to slide
the existing Vista volume forward to the beginning of the drive. The disk
management tool included with Vista does not have this capability. I use
BootIT NG (terabyteunlimited.com) for operations like this. You don't have
to purchase or install it for this, just boot the system from the floppy it
makes and run the disk operation from it. Once moved, you can either use the
disk utility to expand into the free space, or use Vista's disk manager to
do it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
 
sounds good... I dont really have a floppy drive extension for this laptop...
Right now I'm looking at other free solutions that can move the partition to
the beginning. Thanks :D
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Rick Rogers said:
Hi,

You can only extend a volume when the free space resides at the end of it,
not at the beginning. What you need to do is use a third party tool to slide
the existing Vista volume forward to the beginning of the drive. The disk
management tool included with Vista does not have this capability. I use
BootIT NG (terabyteunlimited.com) for operations like this. You don't have
to purchase or install it for this, just boot the system from the floppy it
makes and run the disk operation from it. Once moved, you can either use the
disk utility to expand into the free space, or use Vista's disk manager to
do it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

Z said:
Based on my limited search I get the impression that this dead horse has
been
beaten since the release of vista, but most of the recommended solutions
(namely diskpart utility and the disk management part of the computer
management control panel program) have decisively failed.

I had 3 partitions on my one drive. The first was a paging partition for
Linux. The second had Xubuntu (Feisty Fawn I believe). Anyways, I've
decided
to extend my vista partition to the entire drive. Recently I re-installed
vista and saw that as my opportunity. When installing vista I deleted the
other two drives leaving raw unused portion of the drive but I saw no way
to
merge it with the remaining partition without losing all of my data.

So now, I ask, is there any way to extend my main C partition to take up
all
of the main drive, or am I screwed to forever having this configuration:

Disk 0: [Unused portion ~61 GB][C partition (vista installation) ~80 GB]

btw.. I'm using Vista Home Premium edition
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Z said:
sounds good... I dont really have a floppy drive extension for this
laptop...
Right now I'm looking at other free solutions that can move the partition
to
the beginning. Thanks :D
--
A typical signature


Rick Rogers said:
Hi,

You can only extend a volume when the free space resides at the end of
it,
not at the beginning. What you need to do is use a third party tool to
slide
the existing Vista volume forward to the beginning of the drive. The disk
management tool included with Vista does not have this capability. I use
BootIT NG (terabyteunlimited.com) for operations like this. You don't
have
to purchase or install it for this, just boot the system from the floppy
it
makes and run the disk operation from it. Once moved, you can either use
the
disk utility to expand into the free space, or use Vista's disk manager
to
do it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

Z said:
Based on my limited search I get the impression that this dead horse
has
been
beaten since the release of vista, but most of the recommended
solutions
(namely diskpart utility and the disk management part of the computer
management control panel program) have decisively failed.

I had 3 partitions on my one drive. The first was a paging partition
for
Linux. The second had Xubuntu (Feisty Fawn I believe). Anyways, I've
decided
to extend my vista partition to the entire drive. Recently I
re-installed
vista and saw that as my opportunity. When installing vista I deleted
the
other two drives leaving raw unused portion of the drive but I saw no
way
to
merge it with the remaining partition without losing all of my data.

So now, I ask, is there any way to extend my main C partition to take
up
all
of the main drive, or am I screwed to forever having this
configuration:

Disk 0: [Unused portion ~61 GB][C partition (vista installation) ~80
GB]

btw.. I'm using Vista Home Premium edition
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

As I have been warned by others, I'll pass it onto you Z.
Do not trust that your data will still be there after you attempt to move
data around after a resize of a partition.
Backup is a keyword here.
Rgds,
Kevin
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Z, i have the exact same problem. Did you try BootIT NG? Did it work?
Please advise.

Has anyone tried these 3rd party disk mgmt tools and can verify they will
work with Vista?

thanks,

ROd

Z said:
sounds good... I dont really have a floppy drive extension for this laptop...
Right now I'm looking at other free solutions that can move the partition to
the beginning. Thanks :D
--
A typical signature


Rick Rogers said:
Hi,

You can only extend a volume when the free space resides at the end of it,
not at the beginning. What you need to do is use a third party tool to slide
the existing Vista volume forward to the beginning of the drive. The disk
management tool included with Vista does not have this capability. I use
BootIT NG (terabyteunlimited.com) for operations like this. You don't have
to purchase or install it for this, just boot the system from the floppy it
makes and run the disk operation from it. Once moved, you can either use the
disk utility to expand into the free space, or use Vista's disk manager to
do it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

Z said:
Based on my limited search I get the impression that this dead horse has
been
beaten since the release of vista, but most of the recommended solutions
(namely diskpart utility and the disk management part of the computer
management control panel program) have decisively failed.

I had 3 partitions on my one drive. The first was a paging partition for
Linux. The second had Xubuntu (Feisty Fawn I believe). Anyways, I've
decided
to extend my vista partition to the entire drive. Recently I re-installed
vista and saw that as my opportunity. When installing vista I deleted the
other two drives leaving raw unused portion of the drive but I saw no way
to
merge it with the remaining partition without losing all of my data.

So now, I ask, is there any way to extend my main C partition to take up
all
of the main drive, or am I screwed to forever having this configuration:

Disk 0: [Unused portion ~61 GB][C partition (vista installation) ~80 GB]

btw.. I'm using Vista Home Premium edition
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
The latest version of Acronis Disk Director will work, but the trial version
has limited capability, I think. To do a proper job, it has to be
purchased..

--
Mike Hall - MVP
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx




Rod said:
Z, i have the exact same problem. Did you try BootIT NG? Did it work?
Please advise.

Has anyone tried these 3rd party disk mgmt tools and can verify they will
work with Vista?

thanks,

ROd

Z said:
sounds good... I dont really have a floppy drive extension for this
laptop...
Right now I'm looking at other free solutions that can move the partition
to
the beginning. Thanks :D
--
A typical signature


Rick Rogers said:
Hi,

You can only extend a volume when the free space resides at the end of
it,
not at the beginning. What you need to do is use a third party tool to
slide
the existing Vista volume forward to the beginning of the drive. The
disk
management tool included with Vista does not have this capability. I
use
BootIT NG (terabyteunlimited.com) for operations like this. You don't
have
to purchase or install it for this, just boot the system from the
floppy it
makes and run the disk operation from it. Once moved, you can either
use the
disk utility to expand into the free space, or use Vista's disk manager
to
do it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

Based on my limited search I get the impression that this dead horse
has
been
beaten since the release of vista, but most of the recommended
solutions
(namely diskpart utility and the disk management part of the computer
management control panel program) have decisively failed.

I had 3 partitions on my one drive. The first was a paging partition
for
Linux. The second had Xubuntu (Feisty Fawn I believe). Anyways, I've
decided
to extend my vista partition to the entire drive. Recently I
re-installed
vista and saw that as my opportunity. When installing vista I deleted
the
other two drives leaving raw unused portion of the drive but I saw no
way
to
merge it with the remaining partition without losing all of my data.

So now, I ask, is there any way to extend my main C partition to take
up
all
of the main drive, or am I screwed to forever having this
configuration:

Disk 0: [Unused portion ~61 GB][C partition (vista installation) ~80
GB]

btw.. I'm using Vista Home Premium edition
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thaanks Mike. After i posted this, i read more and i am the process of
"sliding" with BootiT NG. I'll let you know how it goes - sure takes a long
time to "slide" 100GB.

Mike Hall - MVP said:
The latest version of Acronis Disk Director will work, but the trial version
has limited capability, I think. To do a proper job, it has to be
purchased..

--
Mike Hall - MVP
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx




Rod said:
Z, i have the exact same problem. Did you try BootIT NG? Did it work?
Please advise.

Has anyone tried these 3rd party disk mgmt tools and can verify they will
work with Vista?

thanks,

ROd

Z said:
sounds good... I dont really have a floppy drive extension for this
laptop...
Right now I'm looking at other free solutions that can move the partition
to
the beginning. Thanks :D
--
A typical signature


:

Hi,

You can only extend a volume when the free space resides at the end of
it,
not at the beginning. What you need to do is use a third party tool to
slide
the existing Vista volume forward to the beginning of the drive. The
disk
management tool included with Vista does not have this capability. I
use
BootIT NG (terabyteunlimited.com) for operations like this. You don't
have
to purchase or install it for this, just boot the system from the
floppy it
makes and run the disk operation from it. Once moved, you can either
use the
disk utility to expand into the free space, or use Vista's disk manager
to
do it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

Based on my limited search I get the impression that this dead horse
has
been
beaten since the release of vista, but most of the recommended
solutions
(namely diskpart utility and the disk management part of the computer
management control panel program) have decisively failed.

I had 3 partitions on my one drive. The first was a paging partition
for
Linux. The second had Xubuntu (Feisty Fawn I believe). Anyways, I've
decided
to extend my vista partition to the entire drive. Recently I
re-installed
vista and saw that as my opportunity. When installing vista I deleted
the
other two drives leaving raw unused portion of the drive but I saw no
way
to
merge it with the remaining partition without losing all of my data.

So now, I ask, is there any way to extend my main C partition to take
up
all
of the main drive, or am I screwed to forever having this
configuration:

Disk 0: [Unused portion ~61 GB][C partition (vista installation) ~80
GB]

btw.. I'm using Vista Home Premium edition
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
!Rick, this is exactly what i was looking for. Thanks for suggesting bootit
NG, and explaining how it works! i wasn't sure how this stuff works and
what i needed until i read your post.

I'm in the progress of "sliding" my free space now.


Rick Rogers said:
Hi,

You can only extend a volume when the free space resides at the end of it,
not at the beginning. What you need to do is use a third party tool to slide
the existing Vista volume forward to the beginning of the drive. The disk
management tool included with Vista does not have this capability. I use
BootIT NG (terabyteunlimited.com) for operations like this. You don't have
to purchase or install it for this, just boot the system from the floppy it
makes and run the disk operation from it. Once moved, you can either use the
disk utility to expand into the free space, or use Vista's disk manager to
do it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

Z said:
Based on my limited search I get the impression that this dead horse has
been
beaten since the release of vista, but most of the recommended solutions
(namely diskpart utility and the disk management part of the computer
management control panel program) have decisively failed.

I had 3 partitions on my one drive. The first was a paging partition for
Linux. The second had Xubuntu (Feisty Fawn I believe). Anyways, I've
decided
to extend my vista partition to the entire drive. Recently I re-installed
vista and saw that as my opportunity. When installing vista I deleted the
other two drives leaving raw unused portion of the drive but I saw no way
to
merge it with the remaining partition without losing all of my data.

So now, I ask, is there any way to extend my main C partition to take up
all
of the main drive, or am I screwed to forever having this configuration:

Disk 0: [Unused portion ~61 GB][C partition (vista installation) ~80 GB]

btw.. I'm using Vista Home Premium edition
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
oops. I may have spoknen too soon. I moved the free space (unallocated) to
the end, but still cannot extend the partition to the left of it. So i have
100GB that is wasted.

Do you think its becuase i may have 5 partitions? within vista storage
manager it indicates i have 4 partitions, but in bootit NG it says i have 5,
if i include the one that is "unamed". I have no idea what the "unamed"
partiion is - says its 100GB. I have Raid 0 if that matters. but Vista
shows only 4 partions, so not even sure if that "unnamed" partition is really
a partition.

Partions are: 1) Vista 32 2) Vista 64, 3) recovery, and 4) extra" partition
that i beleive Raid 0 created. They are two 320MB drives. That's what
vista shows. When i go into Bootit NG it says i have a fourth called
"unamed" with 100GB in it.

Any advice please??

Rod said:
!Rick, this is exactly what i was looking for. Thanks for suggesting bootit
NG, and explaining how it works! i wasn't sure how this stuff works and
what i needed until i read your post.

I'm in the progress of "sliding" my free space now.


Rick Rogers said:
Hi,

You can only extend a volume when the free space resides at the end of it,
not at the beginning. What you need to do is use a third party tool to slide
the existing Vista volume forward to the beginning of the drive. The disk
management tool included with Vista does not have this capability. I use
BootIT NG (terabyteunlimited.com) for operations like this. You don't have
to purchase or install it for this, just boot the system from the floppy it
makes and run the disk operation from it. Once moved, you can either use the
disk utility to expand into the free space, or use Vista's disk manager to
do it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

Z said:
Based on my limited search I get the impression that this dead horse has
been
beaten since the release of vista, but most of the recommended solutions
(namely diskpart utility and the disk management part of the computer
management control panel program) have decisively failed.

I had 3 partitions on my one drive. The first was a paging partition for
Linux. The second had Xubuntu (Feisty Fawn I believe). Anyways, I've
decided
to extend my vista partition to the entire drive. Recently I re-installed
vista and saw that as my opportunity. When installing vista I deleted the
other two drives leaving raw unused portion of the drive but I saw no way
to
merge it with the remaining partition without losing all of my data.

So now, I ask, is there any way to extend my main C partition to take up
all
of the main drive, or am I screwed to forever having this configuration:

Disk 0: [Unused portion ~61 GB][C partition (vista installation) ~80 GB]

btw.. I'm using Vista Home Premium edition
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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