partition help

wee · 10-08-2006, 04:00 PM

how do i delete the Unallocated?

**linderman** · 10-08-2006, 04:30 PM

unallocated in not really a partition by its own right. unallocated is simply a term used to define a section of your hard drive that is not formatted with a windows file system ie ntfs & fat 32 =yuck

if you are not careful and delete a partion that is adjoing your operating system partition you could booger your OS so that it wont boot

you must think of the system partition as a two sided wall holding water if you remove the one wall all the water spills out

an OS partition also has two "walls" the beginning and the end if you remove the end the OS will fall flat on its face

there are programs such as Partition Magic (often referred to as PM) that can "slide" the partition without hurting your OS partition they can be very tricky to use and often beginners will booger upo their OS and cant boot after wards

i suggest you simply format the unallocated section of the drive so you can use it; this is the safest way provided there is no data in the unallocated section which you are trying to regain ?????

post back your intentions after reviewing all options and matters

addendum****** is this machine is a mass produced one like Dell, gateway etc that could well be a hidden restore partition

wee · 10-08-2006, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linderman

unallocated in not really a partition by its own right. unallocated is simply a term used to define a section of your hard drive that is not formatted with a windows file system ie ntfs & fat 32 =yuck

if you are not careful and delete a partion that is adjoing your operating system partition you could booger your OS so that it wont boot

you must think of the system partition as a two sided wall holding water if you remove the one wall all the water spills out

an OS partition also has two "walls" the beginning and the end if you remove the end the OS will fall flat on its face

there are programs such as Partition Magic (often referred to as PM) that can "slide" the partition without hurting your OS partition they can be very tricky to use and often beginners will booger upo their OS and cant boot after wards

i suggest you simply format the unallocated section of the drive so you can use it; this is the safest way provided there is no data in the unallocated section which you are trying to regain ?????

post back your intentions after reviewing all options and matters

addendum****** is this machine is a mass produced one like Dell, gateway etc that could well be a hidden restore partition

i just want some more space in my c drive. i built this computer

**linderman** · 10-08-2006, 05:49 PM

google search for ranish partition manager its freeware and has the ability to slide your partitions

make sure you back-up your critical data before any partition modifying is started

http://majorgeeks.com/Ranish_Partiti...ger_d1145.html

http://majorgeeks.com/Partition_Resizer_d4701.html

10-08-2006, 04:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
wee Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 30 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate My System	partition help how do i delete the Unallocated?

10-08-2006, 04:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,429 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	unallocated in not really a partition by its own right. unallocated is simply a term used to define a section of your hard drive that is not formatted with a windows file system ie ntfs & fat 32 =yuck if you are not careful and delete a partion that is adjoing your operating system partition you could booger your OS so that it wont boot you must think of the system partition as a two sided wall holding water if you remove the one wall all the water spills out an OS partition also has two "walls" the beginning and the end if you remove the end the OS will fall flat on its face there are programs such as Partition Magic (often referred to as PM) that can "slide" the partition without hurting your OS partition they can be very tricky to use and often beginners will booger upo their OS and cant boot after wards i suggest you simply format the unallocated section of the drive so you can use it; this is the safest way provided there is no data in the unallocated section which you are trying to regain ????? post back your intentions after reviewing all options and matters addendum**** is this machine is a mass produced one like Dell, gateway etc that could well be a hidden restore partition __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be!** Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial Last edited by linderman; 10-08-2006 at 04:33 PM.

10-08-2006, 05:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,429 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	google search for ranish partition manager its freeware and has the ability to slide your partitions make sure you back-up your critical data before any partition modifying is started http://majorgeeks.com/Ranish_Partiti...ger_d1145.html http://majorgeeks.com/Partition_Resizer_d4701.html __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial Last edited by linderman; 10-08-2006 at 05:54 PM.