Thread: Gaaahhh! HDD just died!

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

Right click on My Computer, either on desktop or from start menu. Choose Manage - Storage - Disk Management.

I think you can add partitions to unpartitioned space, but can't change existing partitions.

Could be wrong, though.

Cheers
Simon.

Correct changing an existing partion size will mean the partion is first deleted and then must be recreated and so you loose everything.

Originally Posted by dm_td5

Correct changing an existing partion size will mean the partion is first deleted and then must be recreated and so you loose everything.

Hi
You can get software, (retail = partition magic : there is a freeware version but can't remember it's name) that will allow you to adjust the size, add or delete partitions on a drive without deleteing all the data.

google for something like freeware partition resize, I'm sure you'll find it.

I was going to try Partition Magic - I do have a copy I bought!

I tried the Seagate DiscWizard which I used to install the drive but while it has the increase partition size option, it would'nt work in this case.

Ron

Originally Posted by dm_td5

The other thing most people over look is power protection: either a UPS or a line conditioner, not one of the "surge protection" boards, worthless things, you need to protect against low power as much if not more than for spikes and surges.

a ups is a totally different thing to a line conditioner unless the ups is a fully online interactive unit. most ups are on/off units that only kick in when the power drops below about 200 volts... if the ups costs below $1k then it is highly unlikely that it is truly conditioning power.

partition magic is what you need to grow the partition ron... should be a straight forward task....

I cant believe my c drive partition is 10gb and I've still run out of space,, and before you speak,, program files is only 1.3gb, windows is only (!)2.84gb
whats using the rest??

Ron, have a quick squizz thru here--
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads8.html

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

I cant believe my c drive partition is 10gb and I've still run out of space,, and before you speak,, program files is only 1.3gb, windows is only (!)2.84gb
whats using the rest??

chances are it's full of undeleted temp files/recycle bin/ internet cache etc etc etc ....................................

Download, install and run a program called CrapCleaner from www.ccleaner.com
it's free and will get rid of a lot of un-needed files files.

please note though, it has two options one as a button called "cleaner" the other a button called " ïssues" only use the cleaner option.
The issue button fixes issues with your registry and while I have used it loads of times I would not suggest anyone run these regsitry cleaners without being able to restore registry's if it goes worng. But if you can, go for it.
But I have suggested you don't

Anyhow install it and run the cleaner, it gives you a report of how much space it is going to free up, you will be amazed if you have never used this sort of program before. If you have never done this before it may take some time to complete.