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    Getting Rid of Partions in Vista

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Talmud, Apr 13, 2008.

  1. Talmud

    Talmud Notebook Consultant

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    Hi. I have a Lenovo T61p dual booting vista and opensuse. I dont use opensuse and want to get rid of it and its partitions. I have only vista. How do i get rid of these partitions are just make it back into one full, main drive?

    Thanks

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    Just want SW_Preload to get all the GB from the other partions and only be one drive.
     
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    You need drive software like Partition Magic to do what you want.
     
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  3. Talmud

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    what's a good software to clone my hard drive image?

    Plus, how would i use a program like partition magic?
     
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    I use Symantec GHOST but Acronis has products that would work as well.

    It's very much like Disk Management but with more options to shrink/merge/delete partitions, among other things.
     
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    1. backup yr data.
    2. use hiren's b**t cd
     
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    Thund3rball I dont know, I'm guessing

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    Be careful with any partitioning software on Vista. Acronis says Vista compatible but I can't get it to work on my system and there are countless threads on the Acronis forum with angry people who bought it and can't get it to work or even install onto Vista. On XP it's awesome!

    Partition Magic makes no Vista claim as I can see so I would not even go there. Honestly if I were you I'd do a reformat. The Vista file system is a finicky b1itch and messing with partitions is asking for trouble. Back up your data or make an image of your C: drive on external storage then reformat the whole disc with a clean install. I am sure there's a reformat guide for a T61p in here somewhere.
     
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  7. Talmud

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    how should i backup my files then? I want a cloned drive, not just some folders.
     
    Talmud, Apr 14, 2008
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  8. Talmud

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    How do i get rid of Linux?
     
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    Thund3rball I dont know, I'm guessing

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    Vista has a built in backup utility that will clone your c: drive. You can find it in the control panel or from the welcome center. Some good info here on doing a drive img in Vista.

    http://www.tweakhound.com/vista/backup/images.htm

    When you reformat your computer you will be wiping the entire disc so Linux will go bye bye.
     
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    then with this image restore, it will look exactly as i left my machine? all my accounts, desktop picture, apps, everything?
     
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    Thund3rball I dont know, I'm guessing

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    Yes If you select C: like in the tutorial I linked you everything on that drive - programs, app settings, drivers, registry, documents... everything on it, will be stored as an image that you can restore from your Vista install disc. If you have another partition setup as maybe a Data drive like D:, you can select that too. But I am guessing you probably have everything on C:
     
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