Hi, I have a harddisk of about 500Gb. Due to the upgrade from Vista to Windows 7, my recovery partition (13Gb) was gone. After fiddling with the diskpart command, I managed to convert this to unallocated free space. I can create a new drive of this 13Gb, but I'm unable to add it to my C: partition or (this is what I'm planning) creating a bigger partition (around 25Gb) for an other OS. I would like to do this in Windows itself, since I'm not really good in partitioning and don't want to end up with an unusable system. So, to sum up, this is the problem. 1) I cannot extend my C: drive with the unallocated space, also not possible when it has a drive letter assigned 2) I cannot create a partition (let's say, D: ) of 25Gb, using the 13Gb unallocated space. When shrinking my C: partition, the unallocated space is created after the C: drive, leading to this scheme: Unallocated -- OS Partition (C: ) -- Unallocated And I can't merge them with the built-in GUI of Windows 7. Any (unrisky) suggestions?
U could use some partitioning software, like Acronis. U can merge and split up partitions with such an application. But if you're not really familiar with partitioning, there is always some risk involved. These partitioning programs do have some sort of recovery option (usually a recovery disk), so I advise you to use that none the less. Maybe someone else has an even better solution ?
Yeah, I'm looking for a better solution. I'm not a noob, but partitioning just isn't my thing . I'm sure I'm unable to merge these two 'unallocated' parts because they are severed by the C: partition. Perhaps this was also the case in Vista/XP? I can't remember!
U can merge it your c partition with Acronis Partition Manager. Of that I am sure. When u merge it, the task will be reserved, and Acronis will ask for a reboot. Upon reboot, the c: partition won't be mounted, and that's when the real merging is done, without data loss. I thought this was also possible in Windows, but am not certain, as I never use the built-in partitioning tool.
You could use the GParted Live Cd. It can however ruin your partition table. So have some recovery tools at hand.
So, Windows can't probably perform this task, since the partition is active? That makes sense, I could check out some 3rd party software. Anyone has experience with a 'standard' Windows solution, perhaps with the 'diskpart' command?
i'm not pro in this things but if windows add the new partion you shrinking from c after c , why you dont merge th first unlocated partion to c and then shrinking c and then you have two unlocated partions as this: c 1 2
Yep, Easeus is great. But ... you can't change you're Windows partition when it's running (as far as I know).
google this: Paragon Partition Manager v10 Server boot cd It should do exactly what you want with no problems.