Getting extra disk space back

I have just gone into my computer management and found I now have 10GB of
unallocated space on Disk 0 and I cannot find a way of giving this back to
the c: drive. At the moment Drive c: is a 160gb SATA drive and says a total
disk size of 138GB total and this surely should be 148GB for a 160gb HD.

Anyone know how to add it onto C:? I know its not much but every little
helps.

Thanks.

Andy.

"Andy" <> wrote in message
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>I have just gone into my computer management and found I now have 10GB of
>unallocated space on Disk 0 and I cannot find a way of giving this back to
>the c: drive. At the moment Drive c: is a 160gb SATA drive and says a total
>disk size of 138GB total and this surely should be 148GB for a 160gb HD.
>
> Anyone know how to add it onto C:? I know its not much but every little
> helps.

Unfortunately, no version of Windows provides any way of changing the
partition structure of the drive nondestructively. The only way to do what
you want is with third-party software. Partition Magic is the best-known
such program, but there are freeware/shareware alternatives. One such
program is BootIt Next Generation. It's shareware, but comes with a free
30-day trial, so you should be able to do what you want within that 30 days.
I haven't used it myself, because I've never needed such a program, but it
comes highly recommended by several other MVPs here.


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> "Andy" <> wrote in message
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>>I have just gone into my computer management and found I now have 10GB of
>>unallocated space on Disk 0 and I cannot find a way of giving this back to
>>the c: drive. At the moment Drive c: is a 160gb SATA drive and says a
>>total disk size of 138GB total and this surely should be 148GB for a 160gb
>>HD.
>>
>> Anyone know how to add it onto C:? I know its not much but every little
>> helps.
>
> Unfortunately, no version of Windows provides any way of changing the
> partition structure of the drive nondestructively. The only way to do what
> you want is with third-party software. Partition Magic is the best-known
> such program, but there are freeware/shareware alternatives. One such
> program is BootIt Next Generation. It's shareware, but comes with a free
> 30-day trial, so you should be able to do what you want within that 30
> days. I haven't used it myself, because I've never needed such a program,
> but it comes highly recommended by several other MVPs here.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>

Thanks I might give that a try.

Andy.

"Ken Blake" <> wrote in message
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> "Andy" <> wrote in message
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>>I have just gone into my computer management and found I now have 10GB of
>>unallocated space on Disk 0 and I cannot find a way of giving this back to
>>the c: drive. At the moment Drive c: is a 160gb SATA drive and says a
>>total disk size of 138GB total and this surely should be 148GB for a 160gb
>>HD.
>>
>> Anyone know how to add it onto C:? I know its not much but every little
>> helps.
>
> Unfortunately, no version of Windows provides any way of changing the
> partition structure of the drive nondestructively. The only way to do what
> you want is with third-party software. Partition Magic is the best-known
> such program, but there are freeware/shareware alternatives. One such
> program is BootIt Next Generation. It's shareware, but comes with a free
> 30-day trial, so you should be able to do what you want within that 30
> days. I haven't used it myself, because I've never needed such a program,
> but it comes highly recommended by several other MVPs here.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
And Acronis Disk Director 10 which is a tad bit more user friendly than
Bootit.:-)

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Backup is a PC user's best friend
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> "Ken Blake" <> wrote in message
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>> "Andy" <> wrote in message
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>>>I have just gone into my computer management and found I now have 10GB of
>>>unallocated space on Disk 0 and I cannot find a way of giving this back
>>>to the c: drive. At the moment Drive c: is a 160gb SATA drive and says a
>>>total disk size of 138GB total and this surely should be 148GB for a
>>>160gb HD.
>>>
>>> Anyone know how to add it onto C:? I know its not much but every little
>>> helps.
>>
>> Unfortunately, no version of Windows provides any way of changing the
>> partition structure of the drive nondestructively. The only way to do
>> what you want is with third-party software. Partition Magic is the
>> best-known such program, but there are freeware/shareware alternatives.
>> One such program is BootIt Next Generation. It's shareware, but comes
>> with a free 30-day trial, so you should be able to do what you want
>> within that 30 days. I haven't used it myself, because I've never needed
>> such a program, but it comes highly recommended by several other MVPs
>> here.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
> And Acronis Disk Director 10 which is a tad bit more user friendly than
> Bootit.:-)
>
> --
> Michael Solomon
> Backup is a PC user's best friend
> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/



Yep, looks like that Acronis Disk Director 10 is the one I am looking for
however its not free :-( not worth me paying just to get 10gb onto my drive
c I may as well leave it partitioned as is.

Thanks,

Andy.

Andy spewed out this bit, and i'll scatter a few bits myself:

> "Michael Solomon" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message
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>> "Ken Blake" <> wrote in message
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>>> "Andy" <> wrote in message
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>>>> I have just gone into my computer management and found I now have
>>>> 10GB of unallocated space on Disk 0 and I cannot find a way of
>>>> giving this back to the c: drive. At the moment Drive c: is a
>>>> 160gb SATA drive and says a total disk size of 138GB total and
>>>> this surely should be 148GB for a 160gb HD.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone know how to add it onto C:? I know its not much but every
>>>> little helps.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, no version of Windows provides any way of changing
>>> the partition structure of the drive nondestructively. The only way
>>> to do what you want is with third-party software. Partition Magic
>>> is the best-known such program, but there are freeware/shareware
>>> alternatives. One such program is BootIt Next Generation. It's
>>> shareware, but comes with a free 30-day trial, so you should be
>>> able to do what you want within that 30 days. I haven't used it
>>> myself, because I've never needed such a program, but it comes
>>> highly recommended by several other MVPs here.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>>
>> And Acronis Disk Director 10 which is a tad bit more user friendly
>> than Bootit.:-)
>>
>> --
>> Michael Solomon
>> Backup is a PC user's best friend
>> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>
>
>
> Yep, looks like that Acronis Disk Director 10 is the one I am looking
> for however its not free :-( not worth me paying just to get 10gb
> onto my drive c I may as well leave it partitioned as is.

Hiren's BootCD

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"Andy" <> wrote in message
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> "Ken Blake" <> wrote in message
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>> "Andy" <> wrote in message
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>>>I have just gone into my computer management and found I now have 10GB of
>>>unallocated space on Disk 0 and I cannot find a way of giving this back
>>>to the c: drive. At the moment Drive c: is a 160gb SATA drive and says a
>>>total disk size of 138GB total and this surely should be 148GB for a
>>>160gb HD.
>>>
>>> Anyone know how to add it onto C:? I know its not much but every little
>>> helps.
>>
>> Unfortunately, no version of Windows provides any way of changing the
>> partition structure of the drive nondestructively. The only way to do
>> what you want is with third-party software. Partition Magic is the
>> best-known such program, but there are freeware/shareware alternatives.
>> One such program is BootIt Next Generation. It's shareware, but comes
>> with a free 30-day trial, so you should be able to do what you want
>> within that 30 days. I haven't used it myself, because I've never needed
>> such a program, but it comes highly recommended by several other MVPs
>> here.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>
> Thanks I might give that a try.
>
> Andy.

Acronis Disk Director Suite 10 is also very good and plays nicely in Vista.

Ed
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> "Ken Blake" <> wrote in message
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>> "Andy" <> wrote in message
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>>>I have just gone into my computer management and found I now have 10GB of
>>>unallocated space on Disk 0 and I cannot find a way of giving this back
>>>to the c: drive. At the moment Drive c: is a 160gb SATA drive and says a
>>>total disk size of 138GB total and this surely should be 148GB for a
>>>160gb HD.
>>>
>>> Anyone know how to add it onto C:? I know its not much but every little
>>> helps.
>>
>> Unfortunately, no version of Windows provides any way of changing the
>> partition structure of the drive nondestructively. The only way to do
>> what you want is with third-party software. Partition Magic is the
>> best-known such program, but there are freeware/shareware alternatives.
>> One such program is BootIt Next Generation. It's shareware, but comes
>> with a free 30-day trial, so you should be able to do what you want
>> within that 30 days. I haven't used it myself, because I've never needed
>> such a program, but it comes highly recommended by several other MVPs
>> here.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>
> Thanks I might give that a try.


You're welcome. Glad to help.

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