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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: Carpenter on May 21, 2007, 09:39:22 AM

Title: Deleting partitions/reallocating free space
Post by: Carpenter on May 21, 2007, 09:39:22 AM

I am using windows ME... the hard drive was partitioned into 5 partitions.(Not by me)
the OS and all programs etc. are on C drive(partition)..D,E,F,G are all 1.99 GB  each and empty.I used fdisk to delete F and G partition just to see if it would reallocate the space to the C drive and it did not, so i stopped. The F and G partitions are deleted and I lost the 1.99 GB each had. How to I recover the 1.99 GB F and G had and reallocate it to the C drive??. Also how do I delete D and E partitions and reallocate the 1.99 GB those partitions each have to the C partition?.. thanks for you help...

Title: Re: Deleting partitions/reallocating free space
Post by: unlovedwarrior on May 21, 2007, 10:42:22 AM

put your windows cd in delete the smaller partitions and then create one with the free space you just got back..

Title: Re: Deleting partitions/reallocating free space
Post by: patio on May 21, 2007, 01:04:58 PM

Or if you're about due for a clean install wipe all the partitions and make it one drive...remember to set it as active so it's bootable.
FDisk will do all this ...no need for any third party application.

Title: Re: Deleting partitions/reallocating free space
Post by: GX1_Man on May 21, 2007, 08:16:48 PM

And unless you use some third party software that is the ONLY way to get one big drive, unless repartitioning the ENTIRE drive as Patio said.

Title: Re: Deleting partitions/reallocating free space
Post by: dslgeek on May 21, 2007, 08:32:23 PM

WAIT!  :o   STOP!  >:( dO YOU HAVE A BACKUP? When you delete a partition you may lose data. It depends on a number of things that you would not see with most partition software. If you value the data don't try to change the partitions. If the data has no value, just start from zero and do the whole disk with a new install.