Unallocated space on hardrive

[Guest]

I see in my Disk Management (XP) that I have unallocated disk space of 1.33
gig. I am fast running out of free space. How do I get access to this
unallocated space. Can I add it to my 'c' drive, if so how do I do that. Also
why is this unallocated space there, whats it for?

 

[Haggis]

I see in my Disk Management (XP) that I have unallocated disk space of 1.33
gig. I am fast running out of free space. How do I get access to this
unallocated space. Can I add it to my 'c' drive, if so how do I do that.
Also
why is this unallocated space there, whats it for?

have you tried running scandisk ?

 

[Malke]

have you tried running scandisk ?

There is no scandisk in XP. It sounds rather that Barny has a small
unused partition on his hard drive. If it isn't a special partition set
aside for an OEM's restore/recovery files, it could be added to the
system partition with third-party software such as Partition Magic or
BootIT NG. Without knowing if the machine is OEM and how the original
partitioning was done, I'm hesitant to suggest just plunging in and
changing things, though.

Malke

 

[Arkadiusz 'Black Fox' Artyszuk]

I see in my Disk Management (XP) that I have unallocated disk space of 1.33
gig. I am fast running out of free space. How do I get access to this
unallocated space. Can I add it to my 'c' drive, if so how do I do that. Also
why is this unallocated space there, whats it for?

Where is that unallocated free space? - at the end of the disk? How many
partitions do you have? Maybe BootIt will help - more about this
program: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/

 

[Richard Urban]

If it is unallocated, it isn't a partition. A partition allocates the space,
whether it is formatted or not!

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[Malke]

If it is unallocated, it isn't a partition. A partition allocates the
space, whether it is formatted or not!

Good point. OK, let's just say it is possibly unused space then that
could be formatted and added to the C: partition. Possibly. Since the
OP hasn't come back, we'll probably never know.

Malke

 

[Guest]

In computer management I clicked on disk management. It shows 2 boxes. One
says Disk 0 and the other says Disk C.
In the Disk 0 box the exact words '1.33gb unallocated' is shown. How can I
add this space to Disk C.

 

[Malke]

In computer management I clicked on disk management. It shows 2 boxes.
One says Disk 0 and the other says Disk C.
In the Disk 0 box the exact words '1.33gb unallocated' is shown. How
can I add this space to Disk C.

You still haven't answered the question: is this an OEM machine? That
means is it something like an HP, Dell, IBM, Sony, Compaq, etc. Or is
the machine a home-built and did you partition/format/install the
operating system yourself?

Malke

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Barny

Disk Management Windows has two parts to the Window named Top and
Bottom. For each there are three View settings -Disk List, Volume List
and Graphical View. Which of these three types are you looking at? Is it
the Graphical View?

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[Steve N.]

I see in my Disk Management (XP) that I have unallocated disk space of 1.33
gig. I am fast running out of free space. How do I get access to this
unallocated space. Can I add it to my 'c' drive, if so how do I do that. Also
why is this unallocated space there, whats it for?

It could be because Win2K/XP installs reserve unallocated space for
possible use in coverting from Basic to Dynamic disk.

From:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309044

"You must have at least 1 megabyte (MB) of free space on any master boot
record (MBR) disk that you want to convert. This space is automatically
reserved when the partition or volume is created in Microsoft Windows
2000 or Windows XP Professional."

The only time I've seen the install not do this is when creating
multiple partitions on the drive.

Steve

 

[Guest]

Its a Packard Bell LAPTOP.

You still haven't answered the question: is this an OEM machine? That
means is it something like an HP, Dell, IBM, Sony, Compaq, etc. Or is
the machine a home-built and did you partition/format/install the
operating system yourself?

Malke
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MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

 

[Guest]

It is 'bottom' and 'graphical' The pane is split into two. One has a black
stripe and is unallocated space. One has a blue stripe and is allocated space.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Steve but can one take this space and add it to 'c' drive.

 

[Steve N.]

Thanks Steve but can one take this space and add it to 'c' drive.

I don't believe it's possible natively within Windows. If you're really
pinched for that 1-2GB of disk space I'd consider adding a second drive
and/or backing up and replacing the drive with a larger one. New drives
usually include utilities to copy existing drive contents to a new
drive, if not they can be downloaded for free from the drive manufacturer.

Steve

 

[Steve N.]

Thanks Steve but can one take this space and add it to 'c' drive.

I now see from your reply to Gerry that this is a laptop, so my
suggestion about adding/replacing the drive may not be practical.

Steve

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Barny

I suspect you cannot easily incorporate the 1.33 gb space into the main
partition but I will leave another to confirm the position.

One way to win some space in the short term is to reduce the System
Restore points by selecting the More Options tab in Disk Cleanup. .



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[Malke]

Barny

I suspect you cannot easily incorporate the 1.33 gb space into the
main partition but I will leave another to confirm the position.

One way to win some space in the short term is to reduce the System
Restore points by selecting the More Options tab in Disk Cleanup. .

Barny - If your computer came with this partition, then I would
definitely Leave It Alone. It probably has proprietary Packard Bell
recovery stuff on it.

Malke

 

[Lori Ann Kuiper]

I have the same on my PC. Shows almost 8GB of unallocated space. When I
partitioned, I did not leave any unallocated space, but it seems to me that
Windows would not let me include a small amount of space in the partition I
was creating.

 

[Steve N.]

I have the same on my PC. Shows almost 8GB of unallocated space. When I
partitioned, I did not leave any unallocated space, but it seems to me that
Windows would not let me include a small amount of space in the partition I
was creating.

It is likely due to the same reason of XP reserving a small amount of
unpartitioned space for possible Dynamic Disk conversion. According to
Alex Nichol (who is a very knowledgable MVP) the size is determined by
the cluster size on the drive, so it will vary between drive types and
sizes.

Steve

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Lori

How large is your hard drive?


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