resizing disk partition

[Jack]

Hello,
I have just received my Gateway computer.
Hard drive (300 GB) is partitioned into C 290 GB and D 10GB
I want to change that.
Using Disk Management I used 'Shrink volume' menu reduce C drive to 180 GB
and received 110 GB unallocated space
Now I would like to add that unallocated space to D drive, however "Extend
volume' menu on D drive is greyed out.
What can I do?
Jack

 

[jorgen]

Hard drive (300 GB) is partitioned into C 290 GB and D 10GB
I want to change that.
Using Disk Management I used 'Shrink volume' menu reduce C drive to 180 GB
and received 110 GB unallocated space
Now I would like to add that unallocated space to D drive, however "Extend
volume' menu on D drive is greyed out.
What can I do?

Delete D, and make a new big one.

 

[Jack]

I thought about that, but there is locked Gateway rescue file.
Can I just copy that file into C temporarily?
Jack

 

[Jawade]

I thought about that, but there is locked Gateway rescue file.
Can I just copy that file into C temporarily?

Of corse.

 

[Mick Murphy]

Jack, DON'T touch D:
It is a "hidden" partition holding the Recovery Files to restore your
computer to factory condition if you stuff the operating system up!

Also, go through your manual, or contact Gateway about how to make Recovery
DVDs for your computer.

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

Jack, DON'T touch D:
It is a "hidden" partition holding the Recovery Files to restore your
computer to factory condition if you stuff the operating system up!

Also, go through your manual, or contact Gateway about how to make Recovery
DVDs for your computer.

Mick and Jack,

one idea would then be to leave D: untouched, but create a third
partition in the free space.

Let me mention on the side that incredibly many people try to
have two or more partitions for no good reason. My experience is
that about 80% do it for the wrong reasons and shouldn't
actually do it.

Hans-Georg

 

[Jay Somerset]

Jack, DON'T touch D:
It is a "hidden" partition holding the Recovery Files to restore your
computer to factory condition if you stuff the operating system up!

Also, don't change the disk drive letter, as the recovery files
probably have "D:" hardcoded in them to drive the recovery process.
You might think you could always change it back, but I ran into
trouble on an HP system when I tried to do that. D: rermained as a
phantom CD drive. I was finally able to get rid of that by disabling
the IDE controller, and then reassigning D: to the recovery partition.
Yuck! My hard drive and DVD drive are both SATA, so I was able to get
away with it. [color me lucky!]