disk partitioning

[TS Mathews]

I used Acronis' Disk Director to partition my hard drive so that I could
dual boot Vista and still use XP if all my software didn't work. Now that
the trials are over and Vista does everything I want, I no longer really
need the C partition EXCEPT that some of the Vista installation/boot files
are located there. So, I thought I'd just remove the XP from the boot
loader--done--and remove all the XP files and programs--done--and then just
reduce the C drive from it's 100 gigs down to the 12 or 15 needed and
increase the Vista drive BUT, for some strange reason, the Acronis product
doesn't do it. It goes through the operation just like it's working,
reboots the machine but when all is said and done nothing has changed. To
test it, I've even tried to add a partition from the C drive. I thought
that, perhaps, because it's the active drive, I couldn't reduce it's size
so, since I'd partitioned it once, why not again and then see of I could
move that new partition into the Vista drive but, again, the operation
appears to go normally but, after the reboot, nothing has happened.
Thinking something in the program had gotten corrupted, I uninstalled it and
even removed contents from the folder in which it had resided and tried to
locate any and all files relating to it. I then rebooted, reinstalled and
tried again with the same results.

So, two questions: has anyone ever encountered this sort of thing and come
up with a solution and, assuming no one has, can/will anyone recommend
another partitioning software product?

Thanks,
Tim

 

[Richard Urban]

Disk Director (the latest version) does exactly what you want. But, when you
are working with system partitions you should do it by booting from the
emergency CD that you create after you install Disk Director. If you don't,
you will be hampered by locked, unmovable files.

So, create the CD, boot your computer from this CD, and do you partition
work from there.

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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User

 

[TS Mathews]

Thanks so much for the help. A shame that Acronis doesn't seem to know
about this fact. You'd be amazed at how may mails and time I've wasted
with them sending them amazing numbers of file attachments of various
pictures of my system.

The only problem I ran into was DD's insistance on what to name my drivers
and, despite their help screens etc. the item to rename a drive letter
wasn't an available option so,when I was finished, I couldn't boot properly
but inserting the Vista disk allowed the fix from MS and things are working
great.

Thanks again.
Tim

 

[Richard Urban]

Glad you got it sorted.

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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User