joining partitions together

[Fred]

I have a C drive (60gig) and a D (20 gig).
C is my system drive, and i have deleted everything on D, I remember there
was a RUN command that could add the 'D' onto the end of 'C' but i have
forgotten how i did it last time. What would you recommend to join them
together to produce my old 80 gig C:

Thanks - Fred

 

[Phil Weldon]

'Fred' wrote
| I have a C drive (60gig) and a D (20 gig).
| C is my system drive, and i have deleted everything on D, I remember there
| was a RUN command that could add the 'D' onto the end of 'C' but i have
| forgotten how i did it last time. What would you recommend to join them
| together to produce my old 80 gig C:
_____

Why? If nothing references D:, then it is best left as a completely
separate drive.

Phil Weldon

|I have a C drive (60gig) and a D (20 gig).
| C is my system drive, and i have deleted everything on D, I remember there
| was a RUN command that could add the 'D' onto the end of 'C' but i have
| forgotten how i did it last time. What would you recommend to join them
| together to produce my old 80 gig C:
|
| Thanks - Fred
|
|

 

[Stan Brown]

C is my system drive, and i have deleted everything on D, I remember there
was a RUN command that could add the 'D' onto the end of 'C'

Not in Windows, only in a third-party program.

Natively, Windows can only delete C and D then create one big new
empty partition, which you can restore from your image backup.

 

[Nepatsfan]

(e-mail address removed),

I have a C drive (60gig) and a D (20 gig).
C is my system drive, and i have deleted everything on D, I
remember there was a RUN command that could add the 'D' onto
the end of 'C' but i have forgotten how i did it last time.
What would you recommend to join them together to produce my
old 80 gig C:

Thanks - Fred

Unless you're are prepared to wipe out both partitions, Windows
XP isn't capable of doing what you propose. Merging partitions
will require use of a third party application such as Norton's
Partition Magic or BootIT NG from Terabyte Unlimited.

Partition Magic 8.0
http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/system_performance/pm80/index.html

BootIT NG 30 day trial
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[bxb7668]

Not in Windows, only in a third-party program.

Natively, Windows can only delete C and D then create one big new
empty partition, which you can restore from your image backup.

That also assumes that C: and D: are both partitions on the same
physical hard drive. If they are physically two different pieces of
hardware, you cannot merge them together.

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Fred.

Are these separate physical disks? If they are two partitions on a single
HD, read on.

You may be thinking of DiskPart.exe and its /extend parameter. That command
is little known, even among veteran Windows users. That's probably because
there are so many limitations on its use that most prospective users soon
find that it won't work in their situation. Search for "extend" in the Help
and Support file; be sure to follow all the Related Topics links because
there are many conditions and "gotchas" that don't appear on the first Help
page you see! And the syntax of the command is NOT always what we expect.

For instance, it won't work on the System Partition - and that's what YOU
need. :>( However, if you have another computer or a friend who will let
you use his, then you can take your HD out of your computer and temporarily
add it as a secondary drive in the other computer. In that other computer,
your System Partition will be "just another volume" to that copy of WinXP.
The "drive" letters will not be C: and D: in that situation, so be sure you
have the right volumes targeted! Boot into WinXP on that second computer,
open a "DOS" window and run DiskPart.exe there after deleting what's now D:.
Use Diskpart /extend to extend your C: to use all the newly-unallocated
space on that physical drive. Then move the HD back to your computer.

Like any powerful command, DiskPart can do a lot of good - or a lot of harm
if it is used incorrectly, so be careful!

RC

 

[Stan Brown]

Thu, 9 Feb 2006 12:12:52 -0800 from bxb7668 <bxb7668
@notboeing.notcom>:

That also assumes that C: and D: are both partitions on the same
physical hard drive. If they are physically two different pieces of
hardware, you cannot merge them together.

Excellent point!