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    partition problem in vista

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by andy_tok, Feb 22, 2007.

  1. andy_tok

    andy_tok Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,
    I just got my inspiron 6400 with vista premium preloaded and I want to separate the 100GB C: partition into a vista partition and a data partition. I googled around and found that the only compatible partition software for vista is the disk management console(right click computer->manage). I deleted the page file and disabled the system restore and managed to shrink it to 50GB (don't know how to shrink more) and then there's a 50GB unlocated partition.
    The problem is that we I tried to creat a "simple partition" but a message popped out saying that "there is not enough space in the disk(s) for this operation". so I changed the assigned space to a few GB and the same dialog box came out again.
    BTW, my harddrive is already divided to 4 partitions, diagnostics partition, big C:, recovery partition, and media direct
    Can anyone help me?
    Thanks! :)
     
    andy_tok, Feb 22, 2007
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  2. LIVEFRMNYC

    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    I would download Gparted Live CD. Then use it to create,delete,resize etc:
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Feb 22, 2007
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    andy_tok Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks! But do I need to run it in Linux then? I don't have linux on my laptop.
     
    andy_tok, Feb 22, 2007
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