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How come there is no Unallocated Space on drive?
I'm trying to partition my C drive (I only have 1 HD, is
system and boot drive...), problem is, on the bar, there is no unallocated space, which SHOULD BE black... and ur meant to righ-click the unallocated space to create a new partition... also, if u use the command method, it says there is 0 gb free space, whereas I have 5 gigs free. Please help |
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How come there is no Unallocated Space on drive?
"Me" wrote in message ... I'm trying to partition my C drive (I only have 1 HD, is system and boot drive...), problem is, on the bar, there is no unallocated space, which SHOULD BE black... and ur meant to righ-click the unallocated space to create a new partition... also, if u use the command method, it says there is 0 gb free space, whereas I have 5 gigs free. Please help If i understand correctly you need to run FDISK from DOS. |
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How come there is no Unallocated Space on drive?
If yr saying yr trying to partition yr only hd, from within win, you cannot.
To partition a sys disk you need a third party tool, eg Partition Magic You can used the winxp cd to partition yr sys hd, you will lose ALL files, prior to installing win. "Me" wrote in message ... I'm trying to partition my C drive (I only have 1 HD, is system and boot drive...), problem is, on the bar, there is no unallocated space, which SHOULD BE black... and ur meant to righ-click the unallocated space to create a new partition... also, if u use the command method, it says there is 0 gb free space, whereas I have 5 gigs free. Please help |
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How come there is no Unallocated Space on drive?
The post is a bit confusing. Do you mean that in Disk Management there
appears to be some unallocated space, but you can't turn it into a partition? You can change the sizes of partitions without a 3rd party utility, like if you wanted to split a partition into two. I think the OP is getting confused with unallocated disk space and free disk space. They are not the same thing. Unallocated disk space is space that has not been partitioned or formatted. Free disk space is part of a partition that has been formatted and has no data on it yet. ----- Nathan McNulty DL wrote: If yr saying yr trying to partition yr only hd, from within win, you cannot. To partition a sys disk you need a third party tool, eg Partition Magic You can used the winxp cd to partition yr sys hd, you will lose ALL files, prior to installing win. "Me" wrote in message ... I'm trying to partition my C drive (I only have 1 HD, is system and boot drive...), problem is, on the bar, there is no unallocated space, which SHOULD BE black... and ur meant to righ-click the unallocated space to create a new partition... also, if u use the command method, it says there is 0 gb free space, whereas I have 5 gigs free. Please help |
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How come there is no Unallocated Space on drive?
"Me" wrote:
I'm trying to partition my C drive (I only have 1 HD, is system and boot drive...), problem is, on the bar, there is no unallocated space, which SHOULD BE black... and ur meant to righ-click the unallocated space to create a new partition... also, if u use the command method, it says there is 0 gb free space, whereas I have 5 gigs free. Please help In order to create a new partition there must be space on the hard drive that is not already allocated to an existing partition. If you are looking at the properties of Drive C: then that will show you how much of the space allocated to drive C: that has not been used. In order to take advantage of the unused space on drive C: for creating another partition you must first use a disk partitioning utility such as Partition Magic (Symantec) or BootIt Next Generation (www.bootitng.com) to reduce the size of drive C:, thereby creating some unallocated space. You can then create a new partition in this unallocated space. WARNING #1: All operations that involve changes to the existing partition structure of a hard drive involve some risk, so you need to ensure that all critical data has been backed up properly before making any such changes. WARNING #2: If your drive C: has only 5 gb of unused space it is already quite close to becoming full. Reducing the size of drive C: to create an new partition will only accelerate the onset of "disk full" problems with this drive. Given that hard drives are quite literally "cheaper than dirt" these days you should be giving serious thought to acquiring another hard drive, either a larger one to replace what you have or just a second hard drive to be installed as such. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." |
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