hard drive partitions

[James]

Hi

I bought my lap top which has Windows ME installed on it
from a friend 3 years ago. At the time and for a reason
not known to me he created a partition. THis reduced the
disc space available on the C drive. As the computer is
now full of stuff, I would like to remove the partition to
access more space. Does anybody know how to do this?

Thanks
James

 

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You will have to spend some $$$ to be able to do that without losing data. I use a program from www.acronis.com Disk Director or Partition Expert.

If you have a means of storing data so that you don't lose it then you can format the drive and reinstall everything.

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Just my 2¢ worth,
Jeff
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| Hi
|
| I bought my lap top which has Windows ME installed on it
| from a friend 3 years ago. At the time and for a reason
| not known to me he created a partition. THis reduced the
| disc space available on the C drive. As the computer is
| now full of stuff, I would like to remove the partition to
| access more space. Does anybody know how to do this?
|
| Thanks
| James

 

[Nathan McNulty]

Also, you should really look at what is taking up all the space.
Disabling System Restore will give you quite a bit of space back (only
do this if your computer is running fine and has been running fine). If
you have a lot of music or movies on your computer, you may want to just
back them up to a CD instead of leaving them all on the computer. With
or without the partition he created, you are going to have the same
amount of space available to you. What is on the other partition and
can't you just use the other partition for data storage as well?

With your current OS, I personally wouldn't try using a disk utility as
mentioned previously. I don't doubt that it will work just fine, but I
would be weary especially with that OS. No matter what you choose to
do, make sure you back up your data first.

 

[Edward W. Thompson]

Also, you should really look at what is taking up all the space. Disabling
System Restore will give you quite a bit of space back (only do this if
your computer is running fine and has been running fine). If you have a
lot of music or movies on your computer, you may want to just back them up
to a CD instead of leaving them all on the computer. With or without the
partition he created, you are going to have the same amount of space
available to you. What is on the other partition and can't you just use
the other partition for data storage as well?

With your current OS, I personally wouldn't try using a disk utility as
mentioned previously. I don't doubt that it will work just fine, but I
would be weary especially with that OS. No matter what you choose to do,
make sure you back up your data first.

I think you are doing a disservice by suggesting disabling System Restore
unless you also suggest to replace it with a program such as ERUNT.
Regardless of how 'fine' your machine is running, in my view, it is
essential to have a backup of the Registry.

 

[Nathan McNulty]

Point well taken. I agree it is important to have a backup (I use
Norton Ghost and Nero BackItUp), but System Restore just has too many
problems. Whenever I have actually tried to use it, it just messed
everything up or wouldn't work. So what is that ERUNT? This?
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/

 

[Edward W. Thompson]

Yes, that is the address. ERUNT is unobtrusive, efficient and free! Using
an imaging program for Registry backup seems to me like using a 'sledge
hammer to crack a nut'.

I suggest you try ERUNT. I will be surprised if you do not become a convert
.