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    HELP How do I extend my partition?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Lawcheehung, Nov 9, 2010.

  1. Lawcheehung

    Lawcheehung Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm trying to extend my D: drive to use the unallocated space, however I'm running into a problem: the Extend Volume... is greyed out! What do I do? :(

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    Lawcheehung, Nov 9, 2010
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    Lawcheehung Notebook Enthusiast

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    Lawcheehung, Nov 9, 2010
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    You could also do this with GParted Live.. It's nice, easy to do... Cheers..
     
    fonduekid, Nov 10, 2010
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  4. maximinimaus

    maximinimaus Notebook Evangelist

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    Another possibility is Partitio Wizard standalone.
    The ISO is available for free at their website.
     
    maximinimaus, Nov 10, 2010
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    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Ultimate Boot Disk

    Has like 15 programs for hard disk management including said G-Parted. Its pretty safe to work with partitions in windows but going outside windows with a live disk or a dos based program is still safer and gives more options like being able to move partitions.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Nov 10, 2010
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    It doesn't make sense that you partition one physical drive as back up. Do you know if your hard drive is gone, you data in backup partition will be gone too?
     
    merlin_72032, Nov 10, 2010
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