partitions help

nate-g · 02-12-2008, 07:56 PM

I have an old harddrive that was partitioned in to 4 partitions. I tride to merge them but it won't let me make a partition larger than 1.95g.If u can give me any informatin that will help me i would greatly appricate it. Thanks

hitech · 02-13-2008, 05:39 AM

do you have your operating system on it?sounds like fat partitions that are usually 2gig.
you tried to merge them with what?

jarod · 02-13-2008, 06:15 AM

I have never heard of merging partitions together. But rather than merging them, why not backup all your important data and do a reformat thus you will be able to determine how many partition you want and what size each of them is..

Looking at your inability to merge 2 partitions together to become more than 1.95GB, i would have to say your file format is FAT16, very old for your info..

To confirm it, right click on your hard drive partitions and click properties. Check what is written at your file system...it is FAT 16, FAT 32 or NTFS.

Therefore, i would recommend a reformat, besides the benefits above, you could also change the file system to NTFS and get rid of unwanted elements inside your HDD such as viruses..

Jlp1928 · 02-14-2008, 05:02 AM

Hi,

Merging partitions is a feature of Partition Magic and other similar programs. It makes new Folders on the selected partition of the other partitions. You can then delete or move the data from the new Folders to recover all the space into the one partition.

Hope this helps someone, Jim

02-12-2008, 07:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
nate-g Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: indianna Posts: 1 OS: win 98 se	partitions help I have an old harddrive that was partitioned in to 4 partitions. I tride to merge them but it won't let me make a partition larger than 1.95g.If u can give me any informatin that will help me i would greatly appricate it. Thanks Last edited by nate-g : 02-12-2008 at 07:58 PM.

02-13-2008, 05:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
hitech Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 370 OS: Windows	Re: partitions help do you have your operating system on it?sounds like fat partitions that are usually 2gig. you tried to merge them with what?

02-13-2008, 06:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
jarod Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Malaysia, Klang Posts: 306 OS: Win XP service pack 2 My System	Re: partitions help I have never heard of merging partitions together. But rather than merging them, why not backup all your important data and do a reformat thus you will be able to determine how many partition you want and what size each of them is.. Looking at your inability to merge 2 partitions together to become more than 1.95GB, i would have to say your file format is FAT16, very old for your info.. To confirm it, right click on your hard drive partitions and click properties. Check what is written at your file system...it is FAT 16, FAT 32 or NTFS. Therefore, i would recommend a reformat, besides the benefits above, you could also change the file system to NTFS and get rid of unwanted elements inside your HDD such as viruses..

02-14-2008, 05:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jlp1928 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 314 OS: Win98	Re: partitions help Hi, Merging partitions is a feature of Partition Magic and other similar programs. It makes new Folders on the selected partition of the other partitions. You can then delete or move the data from the new Folders to recover all the space into the one partition. Hope this helps someone, Jim