how to merge drives (1 Viewer)

[hatty]

hi

i have 2 drives, C and D

C has around 10 gigs
while D has around 20 gigs

i want C to have 15, and D to have 15

does anyone know how I can get 5 gigs from D and move it to drive C:\ ?

what programs would i need (if any)

thanks

 

[fatmuscle]

Partition Magic!

now owned by Symantec i think...


There's a few other software, but that's the only one i use.
It's not free though.

if your computer is 'fresh' like nothing on it, or u want to start from scratch (No files, no OS, NOTHING), then u could go with fdisk

if you're installing linux, then you won't have any probs at all.

 

[fatmuscle]

oh yeah, I dunno how Partition Magic is now. I only have the 'PowerQuest' version

 

[hatty]

alright dude, thanks alot

 

[SashatheMan]

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[hatty]

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[LoneShadow]

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[AsyLum]

Before this turns into a massive "OMGLOOKATHOWIHAXEDTHEGIBSON" thread...

I dont recommend merging drives with Partition Magic, it fucked mine over hardcore, lost information from both drives and only managed to salvage a few through a recovery program. If you can use the normal windows fdisk command rather than the program, and dont try it through windows, only makes things worse.

 

[hatty]

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[LoneShadow]

ok...sorry about that previous post....but back to the topic:

I've never heard of merging drives....I'm assuming it's possible. But is it possible to merge a SATA and normal HDD?...and when u merge HDDs.....what's the good thing about it?...or how does it work?

 

[sunny]

I think he's actually referring to merging partitions, not the drives themselves.

 

[LoneShadow]

I think he's actually referring to merging partitions, not the drives themselves.

Hahahahahahahha......god...for a sec I thought he was merging 2 diff dives....hahahahah...not my fault. The topic is misleading. Hahahaha...merging partiions..everyone knows how to do that. Don't they?

 

[AntiHyper]

Ye you like merge it into a pre-defined folder. But I'd rather had 2 drives instead of 1.
Like incase of stuffed up operating system, you can backup your important stuff into the other drive.

 

[fatmuscle]

Note that in the original post
It's not a straight off 'merger'

It's more of a split, then merge.

Partition Magic is for babies. You can't go wrong!!!!



btw, what is a free Partitioning software?
I'm not aware of one.
except fdisk

 

[sladehk]

You can always go back to MSDOS and run FDISK to create/delete/modify partitions
but as Fatmuslce said using windows based solutions like Partition Magic is always a good idea. IF you do use FDISK try to backup your files incase something goes wrong

 

[lil_star]

You can always go back to MSDOS and run FDISK to create/delete/modify partitions
but as Fatmuslce said using windows based solutions like Partition Magic is always a good idea. IF you do use FDISK try to backup your files incase something goes wrong

wouldnt that disturb the data already on the Drive?

 

[LoneShadow]

..........................[I think I need to shut my mouth and never speak of cracking/hacking or anything that has to do with illigal software or files. *vowes*. I think I have made a few pple mad already.]..................