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    Making another partion of my hard drive the main one ?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by CowEatsMe10, Jul 1, 2009.

  1. CowEatsMe10

    CowEatsMe10 Notebook Guru

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    Okay so my hard drive has 320, but when I got my laptop i realised it was split . How do I change the other one as the main one ? Cause im downloading stuff, but my main partion is almost full .
     
    CowEatsMe10, Jul 1, 2009
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  2. Evaders99

    Evaders99 Notebook Consultant

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    Mmm what? You'd have to reinstall Windows if you want to use as a system partition. Why not just save your downloads on that second partition?
     
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  3. CowEatsMe10

    CowEatsMe10 Notebook Guru

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    Yea sorry for the bad spelling, kinda in a hurry here ...

    Well im downloading something from a download manager, the manager is installed on that partion, how would I continue to download the files on the other one ?
     
    CowEatsMe10, Jul 1, 2009
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  4. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    Does it not have a setting in the Download Manager to let you choose where the files are being saved to?

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Jul 1, 2009
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  5. the_flying_shoe

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    Also, is the second partition empty? Sometimes the information in that second partition is necessary to keep (for example) recovery, media boots, etc.
     
    the_flying_shoe, Jul 1, 2009
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  6. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    i use Gparted it will remove the partition :)
     
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  7. ramgen

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    "Acronis Disk Director Suite" has the capability of splitting/merging partitions without having to re-install the OS. Your old files will be saved too.

    I am sure there should be some other programs that have the similar functionality.

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    ramgen, Jul 1, 2009
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  8. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I would just use a live linux distro and merge the partitions. though this can sometimes work out badly and cause data loss.
     
    moral hazard, Jul 2, 2009
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