local disks??

[Guest]

had a friend update me to windows xp for some reason he put another local
drive on my computer this new drive has a lot of memory unussed on it while
my main one is laking memory. if i delete this new local drive will the
memory go back to the main driveand if so how do i procceed . i would ask my
mate but he has moved abroad for a while so cant rearly contact him.

 

[DL]

memory? you mean disk space

Update to winxp from what?
Do you have the winxp installation cd?
Unless he physically installed a new hard drive then he likely installed
winxp incorrectly.

 

[LVTravel]

1st, Memory is not hard drive space. Memory is the chips inside the
computer that temporarily hold data and programs while the computer is
processing it.

If you delete the local drive from the computer's hard drive it won't
automatically move that disk space to the C: drive (your "main drive".) You
will need a program similar to Partition Magic or Acronis's program to
change the size of the C: drive (incorporate the newly free space) once you
have deleted the "another local drive." You can't change the size of a the
primary drive's partition or local system drive from within Windows without
the third party software.

Acronis has Disk Director where you can download a trial here:
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputin...n|1004969297&gclid=CNnYjda6rI4CFQ2aOAodpRPwYQ
(watch URL wrap) Also download and read the pdf file for User Guide before
attempting to use this program.

 

[Nightowl]

had a friend update me to windows xp for some reason he put another local
drive on my computer this new drive has a lot of memory unussed on it while
my main one is laking memory. if i delete this new local drive will the
memory go back to the main driveand if so how do i procceed . i would ask my
mate but he has moved abroad for a while so cant rearly contact him.

Hi al

Sounds as if you are a bit confused. . . drive space is not the same
thing as memory. Are you talking about space on your hard drive?

It's also not clear whether your friend installed a second separate
physical disk or created a new partition on your existing one. To find
out: right-click My Computer and choose Manage. In the left pane of the
window that appears choose Disk Management. What does it say in the
right-hand pane?

 

[HeyBub]

had a friend update me to windows xp for some reason he put another
local drive on my computer this new drive has a lot of memory unussed
on it while my main one is laking memory. if i delete this new local
drive will the memory go back to the main driveand if so how do i
procceed . i would ask my mate but he has moved abroad for a while so
cant rearly contact him.

Does he have email?

Look around. Can you fashion some sort of lathe?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

had a friend update me to windows xp for some reason he put another local
drive on my computer this new drive has a lot of memory unussed on it while
my main one is laking memory.

First, do not mix up memory with disk space. They are two very
different things, and it's disk space you are talking about.

Second, you say "he put another local drive on my computer." Do you
mean that he physically installed a second drive, or that he
partitioned your only drive into two pieces, each with a different
drive letter?

if i delete this new local drive will the
memory go back to the main drive

I assume from that question that the answer to my question above is
that he partitioned the drive into two pieces. If so, no, if you
remove that second partition, you will have *no* access to the space
it occupied. The first partition will remain the same size as it is
now.

So, if I correctly interpret your situation, you have a drive divided
into two partitions, and you want to change the structure so you have
a single partition using the full amount of disk space on the drive.

Unfortunately, no version of Windows before Vista provides any way of
changing the existing partition structure of the drive
nondestructively. The only way to do what you want is with third-party
software. Partition Magic is the best-known such program, but there
are freeware/shareware alternatives. One such program is BootIt Next
Generation. It's shareware, but comes with a free 30-day trial, so you
should be able to do what you want within that 30 days. I haven't used
it myself (because I've never needed to use *any* such program), but
it comes highly recommended by several other MVPs here.

Whatever software you use, make sure you have a good backup before
beginning. Although there's no reason to expect a problem, things
*can* go wrong.

One more point: from the way you asked your question, it is clear that
you are a beginner at this. The risk of screwing up while making the
kinds of changes needed here are great. If I were in your shoes, I
would *not* try to do this myself. Either find a more knowledgeable
friend to help you, or else pay a professional to do it for you.

 

[Guest]

you can transfer some
of the unused space from
one partition to another
with a partitioning
program so deleting the
logical disk space may not
be necessary.

however your mate
may have used one to
create the partition and
may had a reason for
re partitioning your disk
and deciding how much
space to reallocate

you should really wait
for him because managing
partitions requires some skill

as easy as it may sound
to create partitions,
it is just as easy to erradicate
them and all the data in them:

these are free:

http://www.computeractive.co.uk/hdmanager8/index

http://www.download.com/3000-2094_4-10662872.html

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