Help: eRecovery after repartition C drive?

I have a new laptop. The system is just now finishing initial configuration. The D drive is empty. After it finished, I want to repartition the C drive to enlarge it.
Do I need to do a eRecovery from the hidden partition, or can I just proceed as normal? (after reboot, of course)

 

adminastration tools>disk manager.
there you can repartition the drives

i feel like im following you around lol

 

Well, thanks for following. I just assumed I should start a new thread if my question diverges from the topic.

Disk Manager for repartition - thanks, but eRecovery thereafter?

 

yep.
eRecovery is the one bit of bloatware i keep and the launch manager.
both you will need to keep.

 

Ok. I'm ready to repartition. Stick around pls.

 

ok.
was thinking about what you said about getting to programes
have you tried dragging and dropping the most used in to the start menu.
i do this all the time.
drag then drop the icon for the software in to the top left hand box.
or use the quickstart bottem left, next to start button on task bar.
just a thought
Phil

 

Ahhh, now about partitioning...
It appears I can't extend the C drive partition (menu option not enabled)

Do I delete the D drive partition first? I assume I can't simply shrink that partition to get space at the beginning, right? (it comes off the end, I assume).

I assume I can create a number of data drives at this point, can I not?

 

have you found the shrink function in disk manager ?

just right click the drive you wish to shrink.i leave about 20gb on D: for system restore and virtual memory

 

I'm at Computer Management >Storage> Disk Management. right click on the C drive gives me a Shrink option. I don't get an "extend option" on either C or D.

I assumed the vm was on the C drive?

I only want restore points for the installed tools, not for data. Is there another reason for system restore space on the data drives?

I only want about 4 GB on a data drive. Much easier to fit that on a DVD.

 

I'm pretty sure it's not possible to extend your C:, as it is a system partition,using the in built disk managment tool. It will let you shrink it, but not extend.

To extend it you will have to use a 3rd party disk management tool.

Gparted is a very good free tool

Or you can try trial software like acronis disk director or paragon partition manager,

 

I have Gparted

 

ive got to go out, so see you later all

 

See you, have fun!!!!!

If you burn Gparted to disk, then boot from the disk. Then you'll have to shrink the D: from there then extend the C:.

When you shrink the D:, make sure the unallocated space is between the C: and D:, otherwise your going to have issues.

 

OK, I understand about Gparted and the drive space...But I have to leave this work for more urgent business.

I'll be back in a few days and then we'll go from there.

Thanks very much bangert.

 

Good advise. +1 Bangert. Cause I can

Cheers,
Theo

 

I do that, but the desktop and the taskbar get full pretty quick. But goes to learning your way through a new system; with such a long list of software items, you often forget what you last used and what it did. I just need to get at something quickly before I lose my focus. And I must admit, sometimes the games and new utilities are irresistible.

 

i shrink my quick start to three showing and the rest are hidden same with system tray, i use the hide inactive icons option

 

When you say "Quick Start", are you referring to what in Windows is called "Quick Launch"? If so, I have that well populated. I often work on 4 projects at once and so the tools change drastically, and I keep a list of them in the Quick Launch tool bar.