Partition Question

  • Thread starter Thread starter Ron K.
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Ron K. said:
I've never had to deal with Parttions before so forgive my ignorance....

I am using Vitsa Home Premium and decided to dual boot with Kubuntu which
I
absolutely hated. I removed Kubuntu by deleting the partition then
restoring
the boot manager for Vista.

The partition that contained Kubuntu is now empty. I would like to merge
the
partition back into Vista. How do I do this?
Click to expand...

I've used BootIT for a long time. You can resize your Vista partition to use
the free space, or whatever. It's a good idea to backup your existing Vista
partition beforehand. The program will do this too. You can use it for free
for these functions.
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm
 
Jawade said:
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Go to the Drivemanagement, remove the Ubuntu-partition, click
right at the Windowspartition and expand the partition with the
free space.

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Bootmanager (+Vista +Linux), ClrMBR, DiskEdit (+Linux), POP3lezer,
DOS-Filebrowser, Kalender, Webtellers en IP-log, USB-stick tester.
Click to expand...

Now that's cool! Thanks!
 
I got it! I couldn't get the (former) Kubuntu partition to delete under
Vista disk management. I solved the problem by using Gparted to format the
Drives under NTFS then came back to delete the drive upon doing that I was
able to extend the drives back together. I want to thank everyone here for
all the help.
 
Hi, Ron.

Congratulations! And thanks for the feedback.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)
 
Hi RC,

I read your reply and I have a similiar situation. I am running Vista Home
Basic iwth one HDD. When I look at the disk management graphic, I see 10 GB
of unallocated space then my C: system volume (looking left to right).

I want to have only one volume (C:) that includes the entire HDD. When I
try to extend the current C: volume it is greyed out. How do I confiure the
entire drive as C: without losing any programs/data or reinstalling Vista?

Thanks in advance for any help
 
Hi, Denko.

What make and model computer?

Some manufacturers create a "recovery partition", either before Drive C: or
at the end of the drive, then hide it from normal operations. I've never
had such a system but I've read about them in many posts in these
newsgroups. My understanding is that this is your "emergency" partition and
should NOT be touched unless you know what it is and what you are doing -
and why.

I'll defer to others who do understand such partitions. Please don't do
anything with it until you understand the situation. You do NOT "have a
similiar situation" to the one Ron described!

It would be best to start a new thread so that readers can focus on your
problem, without all the issues in the long existing thread.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)
 
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