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    Partition Merge/Extend

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by iceman80403, Mar 21, 2006.

  1. iceman80403

    iceman80403 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just got my 5670 today and I would like to merge the the two 44gb partitions. I've followed the instructions on http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=36956&page=2highlight=partition and managed to delete the partition for the d: drive, but it will not recognize the "extend" command. I get the message: "DiskPart failed to extend the volume/partition. Please make sure the volume/partition is valid for extending." So how would I go about making this valid? Ultimately, how do I make one large, nice 88gb partition? One person stated in a post that diskpart can only delete, not extend. I hope this is incorrect and it would not make sense if this is true because diskpart lists "extend" as a valid command. Thanks for your time!
     
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  2. sublime

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    Try partition magic?? That works wonders
     
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    You could try Partition Logic (it's free and GNU):

    http://partitionlogic.org.uk/index.html

    This can extend your NTFS C: partition. Note that you must have CONVERTed it to NTFS first. Note also that it will only extend into free space. Which means you would need to delete your D: partition first.

    Before you do whatever you do, make sure you have backed up or are otherwise prepared to deal with the loss of all current data on the system. It's not likely, but you never know...
     
    MikeRo, Mar 21, 2006
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    This is probably simple, but how do you delete the D: partition? I'd like to try this freeware rather than pay Symantec for a program I'll likely only use once!
     
    iBorg, Mar 21, 2006
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    To delete the D: partition
    go to start>run
    type: cmd -enter- command prompt will open
    type: diskpart -enter-
    type: list disk -enter- select the disk the partition is on that you want to delete. Most likely it will be disk 0
    type: select disk x -enter- -x is the number of the disk you want
    type: list partitions -enter- find the partition you want to delete
    type: select partition x -enter- where x is the number of the partition you want to delete
    type: delete -enter- then exit command prompt

    If all goes well and you deleted the correct partition you should have unallocated space equal to the old partition. If you delete the wrong partition, I hope you have a recovery disk!
     
    iceman80403, Mar 22, 2006
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