Removing Partition

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Hello all, a simple Question. is it at all possible to remove a partition on
my drive without removing programs or data without starting from scratch. i
have a dell pc and the worst mistake i done was ask for a partition. the
partition keeps filling up. even though i add all programs possible to the
secondary partition section of the drive. thank you
 
Joe

You need a third party utility like Partition Magic.

I suggest you provide the size of each partition, amount of free space and
general descrion of their contents. It should then be possible to provide
ways
to manage within the limitations of each partition.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Joe Black said:
Hello all, a simple Question. is it at all possible to remove a partition on
my drive without removing programs or data without starting from scratch. i
have a dell pc and the worst mistake i done was ask for a partition. the
partition keeps filling up. even though i add all programs possible to the
secondary partition section of the drive. thank you
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As a starting move I would delete the drive letter for the unwanted
partition so that it becomes inaccessible. Click Start / Run /
diskmgmt.msc to launch the disk manager to do it.

If things go well then you can delete the whole partition in a
week's time. Deleting the drive letter is easily reversible, deleting
a partition is not, so be think twice before you do it.

A better solution might be to find out what fills your partition,
then stop it from happening.

By the way, most people say "Drive C:", "Drive D:" etc., and
they say "my disk has three partitions", rather than "My drive
has three partitions". It's to avoid confusion.
 
Joe said:
Hello all, a simple Question. is it at all possible to remove a
partition on my drive without removing programs or data without
starting from scratch. i have a dell pc and the worst mistake i done
was ask for a partition. the partition keeps filling up. even though
i add all programs possible to the secondary partition section of the
drive. thank you
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If I'm understanding you correctly, you have two partitions on the drive (C:
and D:?) and you would like to combine them into a single C: partition the
full ize of the drive. Is that correct?

Unfortunately, no version of Windows 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.

Also, please be extremely careful of the correct terminology here. My first
paragraph says things very differently from the way you wrote them. I point
this out, not to make fun of you, but because if you use a tool like
Partition Magic or BootIt Next Generation, and don't know the correct
terminology, you are almost certain to badly screw things up. Removing a
partition is *not* what you want to do.
 
Hi Ken, yes you are right in what you are saying in your first paragraph. so
what would be the correct way in saying what i want to do when it comes to
using the software.
thank you
 
Joe said:
Hi Ken, yes you are right in what you are saying in your first
paragraph. so what would be the correct way in saying what i want to
do when it comes to using the software.
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It's very difficult to tell you exactly how to read the instructions, since
I can't see them myself (I don't have either program). I recommend you do
one of two things:

1. Get one of these programs (Partition Magic or BootIt Next Generation) and
very carefully read the instructions. Decide exactly what the steps are you
should follow and post your plans here to allow others to check to make sure
they are correct.

2. Get one of these programs (Partition Magic or BootIt Next Generation)
and get a more experiened friend to help you do what you want.
 
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