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| Thread ID: 140011 | 2015-08-06 23:25:00 | Reformat and clean-install of Windows 7 Pro C Drive on desktop | R.M. (561) | Press F1 |
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| 1406022 | 2015-08-07 03:57:00 | Open the eventvwr there under Windows Logs / System will be the errors, double click one or more of them and see what they say, it should tell you what the I/O error was caused by. Once you know its then easier to sort out. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1406023 | 2015-08-07 05:19:00 | Yes - ok. I've now got my 'puter to 'see' the new external drive by shifting it to a USB 2 port (away from the USB 3). Then I reduced the size of C Drive (I wanted to do that) so that was successful. What I have now in Disk Management is (going from L to R) is: 84 MB System Reserved, 16MB unallocated, C Drive - 195.31GB, 58.50GB Unallocated, then F Drive - 677.60GB. What I would like to do is: take the first 16MB into C Drive, increase C Drive to a total of 200GB, and the put the second unallocated area (58.50GB) into F Drive. Carefully! And with no mistakes... . OK, its time to be sensible about this 16MB unallocated , dont waste time trying to reallocate 16M . Thats M not G Why are you on one hand reducing C then wanting to increase it again. Dont p*ss about trying to get another paltry 5G on C: You may need partition manager software to increase F by the 58G if Win wont do it. There are plenty about, even the 30 day demo versions will do what you need (one time use) IO errors need to be sorted. It may just be that USB hard drive that initially wouldnt show. But be carefull, it may be the HD or controller. I would run a test tool across the PC's hard drive, the HD manufacturers allways have a free one you can use |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1406024 | 2015-08-07 06:56:00 | Ok - I got fed-up and went out for a while. Now you lot will all be having pre-dinner drinkies, while I have eaten a solitary meal. :( eventvwr is new to me (as my son says, I am a good end-user!), but don't usually go much beyond that. This is what it shows - no critical events, mostly something call Schannel (some sort of security??). Hope this makes sense to you guys & gals. 6656 |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 1406025 | 2015-08-07 08:19:00 | :rolleyes:Wrong place R.M. Click start, in the search type eventvwr, open it, then under windows logs / System look for errors. Just by luck on this W7 I got some errors today, thats from pulling out a USB drive and not turning it off like you are meant to correctly :D :rolleyes: This is what you are looking for: 6657 |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1406026 | 2015-08-07 08:30:00 | 6658 Is this what we are looking for? |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 1406027 | 2015-08-07 09:04:00 | Harddisk5 looks like its the USB drive you were having problems with. If there are no other Disk Errors Eg: Hard Disk 0 or 1 you should be fine. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1406028 | 2015-08-07 09:15:00 | So I don't need to do anything about it? (!) But I'm still left with the problem of trying to extend the size of F Drive with 58.50GB of unallocated space just in front of it. Or do I just have to ignore it? In the meantime I've slowly shuffled photos around, so I don't absolutely have to do anything - but it is aggravating. (Did I say that I have a touch of the OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder? :) ) "What I have now in Disk Management is (going from L to R) is: 84 MB System Reserved, 16MB unallocated, C Drive - 195.31GB, 58.50GB Unallocated, then F Drive - 677.60GB." |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 1406029 | 2015-08-07 09:25:00 | Your easiest bet is in post#6 Dug posted a link to AOMEI Partition manager. Install that, you can make a bootable CD from its options, boot from that and you can move, resize, delete partitions with ease. Select the partition you want to alter - Its simple drag the sliders to adjust, you can move/resize and do anything with all partitions. ( be careful though you can just as easy wipe a drive) You can also alter partitions from within windows but it will require rebooting to do it from memory, the Bootable CD option works better. On that page - top right, look at the support, and it gives detailed instructions with pictures on what you want to do. :) I use the Pro Version almost every day (may wear out the CD - lol) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1406030 | 2015-08-07 09:35:00 | Thanks very much for your help - it is truly appreciated! I will deal with it tomorrow - I have eventually learned that it is not a good idea to start anything adventurous at this time on a Friday evening. :) | R.M. (561) | ||
| 1406031 | 2015-08-07 11:18:00 | One little tip about AOMEI that catches me out for about 20 seconds every time I haven't used it in a while, when you make all your changes and hit the button it actually hasn't done anything, it takes you back to the main screen showing you how it will be when it's done and you then have to click the apply button. A simple thing but not always immediately obvious. | dugimodo (138) | ||
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