Un-Partition Hard Disk
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Un-Partition Hard Disk
My Acer laptop came with a 100gb hard disc partioned in half - C 50 gb and D 50 gb. I would prefer to have just a C drive.How do I un-partition the hard disk?
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Hmm..
Right, you are aware what is normally on the D drive of an Acer laptop? The recovery disk!! and unless you've got a dual layer burner, the contents are larger than a standard DVD. This is why Acer (normally) do not supply system OS disks, but prompt you to create a bootable recovery disk which then re-installs from D. So the first thing you should do is create a mirror of D and store it somewhere, delete the partition and reformat the disk completely and start again.
Seems a lot of hard work...
Ps stand to be corrected, but I've had to install new OS in 2 machines for people who deleted D
Right, you are aware what is normally on the D drive of an Acer laptop? The recovery disk!! and unless you've got a dual layer burner, the contents are larger than a standard DVD. This is why Acer (normally) do not supply system OS disks, but prompt you to create a bootable recovery disk which then re-installs from D. So the first thing you should do is create a mirror of D and store it somewhere, delete the partition and reformat the disk completely and start again.
Seems a lot of hard work...
Ps stand to be corrected, but I've had to install new OS in 2 machines for people who deleted D
The recovery stuff is not usually on D but in a hidden partition. If you get into disk management you should see all the partitions and be able to change their sizes. You might need to delete the D bit first and then expand C to use up the free space. Make sure you copy everything you want off the D drive first.
I did it the other way on my Acer - made the C smaller for the operating system and programs, and made the D bit bigger for all of the data.
In Vista, go to start, control panel, administrative tools, computer management, disk management.
I did it the other way on my Acer - made the C smaller for the operating system and programs, and made the D bit bigger for all of the data.
In Vista, go to start, control panel, administrative tools, computer management, disk management.
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Software such as Partition Magic or my current favorite, Acronis, will do this. A free Partition Magic clone called EASEUS also claims to do this, but I have no personal experience with it.
OK, I tried EASEUS out. It works fine.
OK, I tried EASEUS out. It works fine.
Last edited by Bushfiva; 1st Feb 2009 at 01:25.
Good link - I've just used EASEUS disk copy to clone an existing 160GB drive to a new 320Gb drive and it was fairly snagless.
I'm going to play with the unhide option on the old drive next.
I'm going to play with the unhide option on the old drive next.
