[Cheverge]

I have a computer that has 3 hard drives in it. I bought it that way, its custom built. From the part numbers on them they are-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148133-http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16822144013-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145184. When I open My Computer, it shows local disk C: total size 132gb, local disk e: total size 101gb, and new volume Z: total size 698gb. Now thats nowhere near the amount it should be. I also have 3 os on here windows vista ultimate, which I know is on C, xp pro sp3, and windows 7 build 7k. I dont know how the hard drives are set up (ie raid etc, never done anything like that) or if there are partitions hidden etc. Like I said I have vista on C: and it is almost full, I would like to just remove xp anyhow so I was just going to move vista to the bigger hard drive, but I have no idea what Im doing when it comes to hard drives. Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks Cheverge.

 

[dai]

post a screen shot of disk management

 

[Cheverge]

Here it is.

 

[dai]

the image is to small to read and when blown blurs

 

[Cheverge]

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3514/diskmgmt.png

 

[Cheverge]

the computer had truecrypt on it when i got it, Im not sure if there can be hidden truecrypt partitions or not?

 

[Cheverge]

When I log on as Administrator it shows the other hard drive.
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/122/disks.png

 

[dai]

disk 1 shows as unformatted windows will not see it until it is

the way h/d list their volume is to make them look bigger than they are your drive size is normal

 

[Cheverge]

How do I go about formatting it, also after that how can I transfer all my files from the smaller HD to that bigger HD? Thansk for tha help

 

[dai]

right click on the unallocated space and choose format

if they are just files and not an operating system drag and drop in explorer

 

[Cheverge]

I want to move the OS as well, can I do that or do I have to install it there?

 

[dai]

move the op.sys. use this

http://www.techhandbook.com/hardwar...ating-system-from-one-hard-drive-another.html

 

[Cheverge]

Is there a way to tell which 750gb hard drive is which in daisk manager, I have 2 and I'm not sure which is which when it comes to drive letters. Also I was thinking about just creating a complete system backup from one hd to the other and then reformatting old hard drive? will this work to move everything? I tried the program you linked, but I couldnt get it to work.

 

[dai]

with both drives the same size you will have to check which port they are plugged into on the m/b

 

[Cheverge]

even then, how do I know which is which in the computer? as far as Drive letter?

 

[Cheverge]

OK, I pulled out the hard drive I'm not using for now. I have just the HD I want to take from and the 1 I want to end up on. I did a complete system back up, but it wont boot from it, do I need to change the drive letter? Also Can you format just a partition on a HD? Is there any way to tell if the hard drives are set up in raid, or are they just all installed? would raid benifit any?

 

[dai]

did you use the software in post 12

i know nothing on raid as i never saw any use for it
you would know if you had set up in raid

you can format a single partition from disk management,by right clicking on the partition and choosing format

 

[Cheverge]

I cant get the software in post 12 to work right. For source volume and target volume it only gives me the option of g drive in both?

 

[dai]

is the missing drive formatted

 

[Cheverge]

Yes it is. I thought I knew which partition which os was on, but now I'm not sure. when i look in disk manager it shows that C:/ is the one im on, but E:/ is the one that is filling up lately? Is there any way to tell which operating system is on which Drive letter? In Disk manager the E volume is in green as if it was in use, but when I try and change the volume letter on the other partition of that disk which is C, it wont let me because its in use or its a system or boot volume, but I can change the drive letter on the E drive which is supposedly in use right now? One of my disk is and GPt disk, what is that?