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    How to get a partition removed?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by IKAS V, Oct 11, 2010.

  1. IKAS V

    IKAS V Notebook Prophet

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    Just backed everything up and created a system restore on a external HDD but I want to make use of all my storage and just have one storage space.
    Any suggestions or programs that will make it one?
     
    IKAS V, Oct 11, 2010
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    othonda Notebook Deity

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    Windows Vista/7 has built in partition software that will work fine in most cases, it can create & delete partitions, it cant "move" them though.

    Some better tools are GParted, and Partition Magic.

    I like to do things like this outside of the windows environment so I use a boot disk.

    This one is great - Ultimate Boot CD - Overview

    For partition managment it has all of these on it:

    Cute Partition Manager 0.9.8 Freeware
    FIPS 2.0 GPL
    Free FDISK 1.3.1 GPL
    GParted 0.5.2 GPL Included in Parted Magic.
    Partition Resizer 1.3.4 Freeware
    Partition Saving 3.80 Freeware
    PTDD Super Fdisk 1.0 Freeware
    Ranish Partition Manager 2.40 Freeware Using stable version because V2.44 is beta and reported to be buggy.
    SPFDISK 2000-03t Freeware
    XFDISK 0.9.3 beta Freeware
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Oct 11, 2010
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  4. anseio

    anseio All ways are my ways.

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    +1. UBDC rocks!

    I've got mine set to boot from a USB flash drive, since I don't have an internal ODD anymore.
     
    anseio, Oct 12, 2010
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    How big of a drive do you need?
     
    IKAS V, Oct 12, 2010
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    anseio All ways are my ways.

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    A very small drive, 512MB will hold it.
     
    anseio, Oct 12, 2010
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