Returning unallocated space to system.

[Partition Problem]

My hard drive was partition into two parts. Now I want to
make the two partition into one. I have deleted the
nonsystem partition and it now says it is unallocated. Now
I want to take this unallocated space and add it to my C:
drive (system). How can I do this?

 

[Myron J. Mandell]

You can do this with a third-party program, such as Partition Magic.

Myron

 

[Fox]

XP won't let you without a little help and prodding. Using disk management,
create a new partition in the unallocated space, and format it, you can then
create a link from an empty folder to the root of your new partition (mount
the new volume/partition). This is a fairly simple operation and works well.
Or:
you can do it the easy way using PM8 or BING to expand your existing
partition into the unused space on the drive (don't forget to back up all
your data etc. just in case it goes a little pear-shaped)


HTH
Fox

| My hard drive was partition into two parts. Now I want to
| make the two partition into one. I have deleted the
| nonsystem partition and it now says it is unallocated. Now
| I want to take this unallocated space and add it to my C:
| drive (system). How can I do this?

 

[T.C.]

You'll need a third party utility like Partition Magic to resize your
partitions on the fly. Windows XP doesn't have a native utility to do that.
If you don't want to purchase a third party utility, and you have the time
and inclination, you could backup your data files, then do use your Windows
XP CD to combine both partitions into one, then format that one partition
and install Windows XP. Using that method you will lose all of your data,
and will have to reinstall Windows XP, all of your software, and then
restore the data files that you backed up. So, a third party utility like
Partition Magic would make things much easier and faster.

http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/

 

[Alex Nichol]

My hard drive was partition into two parts. Now I want to
make the two partition into one. I have deleted the
nonsystem partition and it now says it is unallocated. Now
I want to take this unallocated space and add it to my C:
drive (system)

Preferably with t a third party tool - I would use BootIT NG, from
http://www.BootitNG.com ($35 shareware - 30 day full functional trial)
or there is Partition Magic 8.

Or if it is an NTFS partition, and the free space is immediately *after*
the one you want to extend, you should be able to use the DiskPart -
Extend command from the R (Recovery Console) selection after booting the
XP CD direct. See Help and Support, and do a search a: on "Recovery
Console Commands" (including the quotes) and then b: on DiskPart.
But I have not tried. The sequence after booting and taking R would be
diskpart
list partitions
(to find the number n that corresponds - most probably 1, but make
sure)
select partition n
extend
to use all the unallocated space
exit

 

[Myron J. Mandell]

Alex,

On my XP Home system the Help and Support for Recovery Console | DiskPart
shows only add and delete functionality.

Myron