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| Thread ID: 99445 | 2009-05-02 05:11:00 | Splitting "C" drive for Grogrammes and Data | Scouse (83) | Press F1 |
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| 770341 | 2009-05-02 05:11:00 | Granddaughter has just got a HP laptop - know nothing more than that it has "C" drive of 80 Gb and "D" drive is the DVD. She wants to split it so that "C" has programmes and "E" for her music and data. What is the simplest way to do that and how big should each be? Advice appreciated as she is going to come out and see me next week sometime. My machine is different in that my data is physically separated on an independent drive. | Scouse (83) | ||
| 770342 | 2009-05-02 05:13:00 | Probably cant do it while theres file on it. gparted or something may work, or she'll have to reformat / partition it during the install. Depends what OS is on it, on how big C should be. And what programs she'll be installing after. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 770343 | 2009-05-02 05:28:00 | Firstly what OS is it running? If she's using Vista go run>diskmgmt.msc and shrink C by whatever amount of space her data and music will need, then create a new drive named "E" If using XP or the above doesn't work download gparted, burn the iso file to a CD and boot from it. sourceforge.net Format it as NTFS, then right Click My Documents>Properties>Location tab>Specify the newly made "E" drive. Good Luck Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 770344 | 2009-05-02 05:34:00 | Warning: Before trying what Speedy and Blam have suggested, back up any data she already has on the hard drive. If something goes wrong while you're messing with the partition tables, you could lose all of your data. | somebody (208) | ||
| 770345 | 2009-05-02 05:56:00 | Warning: Before trying what Speedy and Blam have suggested, back up any data she already has on the hard drive. If something goes wrong while you're messing with the partition tables, you could lose all of your data. +1. When I made a partition once, I accidentally cleared all the data. Still regret doing it :annoyed: |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 770346 | 2009-05-02 07:03:00 | It is also likely or possible that the physical hard drive has a hidden partition on it which would be the recovery partition. So when you change partitions and then use restore disc the recovery disk will put the laptop back to factory settings and you will lose the drive you have put the data on. Has she got a an OEM copy of the operating system on CD? Check the size of the C: drive and post back the difference between the size of the physical hard drive and the reported size in windows. For instance if she has a 40 Gig hard drive it is likely to be reported as something like 37.7 Gig and that is normal. Much less than that I would suspect a hidden partition. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 770347 | 2009-05-02 22:27:00 | Thanks folks. I will probably get back to you when I see this device next week. :thumbs: | Scouse (83) | ||
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