[jjack0310]

Until yesterday, I had two partitions on my hard drive with Windows 7 installed on one and Vista on the other partition.

I got tired of using 2 different OS and so I formatted the Vista partition and made it an unallocated space.

Now I want to extend the volume from Windows 7 to include the unallocated space, but unfortunately when I try to extend volume - the unallocated space, that option is grapyed out and I cannot do it.

I realised that you can only extend the space or partition on the right side.

I was wondering if there is any way around this, and what would be the best way for me to include the unallocated space because I dont want to use it as just an empty NTFS drive

Thank you

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jjack0310-

You can use a partition program like GParted to move, copy, grow, shrink and delete partitions. The link to the program is in my signature. You will want to delete the D: partition (make it unallocate space), move the C: drive to the left (the fast part of the disk- it should be there anyway) and grow it to the size you desire (the whole drive, from what I gathered in your post).

Be advised: Altering drive partitions may cause damage to your data. It's strongly encouraged that you back up your data before making any changes to the partition table on your drive.

Hope that helps! Let me know if there's anything else I can assist you with.

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jjack0310-

You can use a partition program like GParted to move, copy, grow, shrink and delete partitions. The link to the program is in my signature. You will want to delete the D: partition (make it unallocate space), move the C: drive to the left (the fast part of the disk- it should be there anyway) and grow it to the size you desire (the whole drive, from what I gathered in your post).

Be advised: Altering drive partitions may cause damage to your data. It's strongly encouraged that you back up your data before making any changes to the partition table on your drive.

Hope that helps! Let me know if there's anything else I can assist you with.

[jjack0310]

If I use GParted and delete the D:/ partition, wouldnt that delete my Windows 7 system files also?

I really dont want to reinstall the OS and set everything up again.

and I have used softwares like Partition Manager and stuff before, and it has messed up my computer totally. Is there a tutorial or something that I can follow to avoid these kind of problems before I delete something?

Thanks for the quick reply

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If I use GParted and delete the D:/ partition, wouldnt that delete my Windows 7 system files also?

No, unless your Windows 7 installation is located on the D: drive (which I'm assuming it's not). From what I can tell, your C: drive (on the right) is where Windows 7 is installed, and the D: drive is where Vista used to be located (before you formatted the partition).

I found a GParted tutorial here.

[jjack0310]

So I deleted the D:/ Volume and now you said, I should be able to move the C:/ from left to right without much difficulty?

Thanks

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[FNP]

Yep.

There's a difference between unallocated space (which is what you have now) and a blank formatted partition. In the latter, the partition is there, just empty. In the former, there is no partition. Make sense?

Use GParted to move the C: partition all the way to the left and grow it to whatever size you desire.

[jjack0310]

ok now I just want to make sure before I start messing around.

What I have right now i.e. "Unallocated Space" is what I want to extend the Volume using GParted correct not the "blank formatted partition" ?

Thanks

Edited by jjack0310, 03 May 2010 - 10:10 PM.

[diabillic]

That is correct. You want to extend your active partition (C: 29.30GB) to include the unallocated space (119.75GB). That will create a single 160GB partition.

[jjack0310]

Another question.
Can you give me the link to download GParted?

I went to the website and downloaded Gparted .iso file and mounted it using daemon tools but it has some linux folders and few other stuff, I couldnt find an exe file.

I was hoping you could give me a link with the right version for windows which I can download

[FNP]

Sorry, I fell asleep last night. It was a long day.

The link is solid. You need to burn the ISO file onto the disc using special software. Simply copying the file onto the disc and trying to boot from it will not work, nor will mounting it with Daemon tools. You're on the right track, but the program needs to be booted from outside the operating system (you can't change partitions while they are being used- Windows would have a fit! )

• Download Free Easy CD DVD Burner and follow the on-screen directions to install the software.
  
  • Note: Free Easy CD DVD Burner is completely free and fully functional. However, there are some accompanying programs that it asks you to install - feel free to decline those if you're not interested. Free Easy CD DVD Burner supports Windows 7, Vista, XP, and 2000.
• Insert a blank CD or DVD in your drive.
• Open the Free Easy CD DVD Burner program.
• Click on the Copy CD/DVD button on the tool bar at the top of the program window.
• Under the Action menu on the left, click the Burn an Image file link.
• When the 'select the image file that you want to burn window' opens, locate and select the ISO file you wish to burn to the empty disc and then click Open.
• A dialog box will appear asking "Do you want to burn [your chosen ISO file]?".
• Click OK to confirm.
• The burning process will automatically begin. The time it takes to burn will depend on the size of the ISO file and the speed of both your PC and your CD or DVD burner.
• When the burning is complete, the CD or DVD will automatically eject from the drive. You can remove the disc and close Free Easy CD DVD Burner.
• If you view the contents of the disc, you might notice many files and folders. So what happened to the ISO file? Remember that the ISO file is just an image of what should be on the CD or DVD. That ISO file contained the information for all of the files you see on the disc.

Credit to Tim Fisher for these instructions.

After that, just insert the burned CD into the CD-ROM, reboot the computer, and change the BIOS boot order so that the system boots from the CD first, instead of the hard drive. Follow the prompts and wait for GParted to load, then work you magic.

And remember- back up your data before altering the partitions!

Hope that helps! Let me know if there's anything else I can do to assist you.

[jjack0310]

Actually I just used Windows 7 itself to brun the image, didnt have to use a 3rd party software.

Anyways, I booted from the Gparted disk, and at first it scared the [bleep] out of my with all the dos commands and [bleep], but eventually it got to the point where I extended the volume to my whole hard drive.

Unfortunately it somehow messed up my boot files.

BUt it wasnt a big deal, I just inserted my Windows 7 setup DVD and told it to repair the computer and eveyrthing is fine now

SO Thank you for the help

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[FNP]

Well it looks like everything worked out. Glad we could help out.

Changing the partition table will temporarily alter the boot configuration. Looks like you were able to tackle that one.

If there's anything else we can do to help, please feel free to ask.