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| Answer» <html><body><p>I want to make my slower drive just one partition for media. it does not contain windows, but it has the C: drive. It appears there is a boot folder on there, is this needed?<br/>i have tried using Paragon Partition Manager 9.0, it tells you to use to RecoveryCD, which i did and there is no way that i could find to resize a partition!<br/>using microsoft's version is complete crap :|<br/>i also need to change around the sizes of some partitions on my SATA drive....<br/>im running vista ultimate 64 bit.<br/>i want to know an easy program to do this, i dont mind booting the pc through CD etc... but Partition Manager didnt have the option to resize (afaik)<br/>Thanksany ideas anyone?If the smaller drive has the C: partition on it wiping it will render the machine unbootable...<br/>Post alot more info on the machine; number of drives; how they were setup etc. and there may be a way out of this dilemna without losing everything.<br/><br/>WARNING: At this point in time i would not be foolin around with partition utilities until we know what's going on here...well, i dont think i have ever had windows on the C drive. yet because windows loves it so much it apparently contains system files. Just to help, here is a screenshot of what appears in disk management.<br/><a href="http://imageshack.us"></a><br/><br/>I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/planned-1155689" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PLANNED">PLANNED</a> on having 'Disk 0' as only one partition, all for media (NO BOOT)<br/>I also wanted to expand Vista 64 bit partition by taking off some space from the other partitions, (you can see the Unallocated Space) however it seems i can only take off some data from the partition, then put it back on the same one which is completely pointless.<br/>Tried doing it through command prompt, still no success.<br/>BTW, i have just put the page file on the C drive because i've ran out of space on M lol (it wasnt effecting anything earlier)<br/><br/>i would like it to look something like this---<br/>'Disk 0' Media (Primary Partition, Page File) approx 160gb | Page file to speed up pc |<br/>'Disk 1' Media (Primary Partition) 175gb<br/> Programs (Primary Partition) 65gb<br/> Vista 64-bit (Boot, Page File, Crash Dump, Primary Partition) 60gb<br/><br/><br/>Hope this helpsSuggestions:<br/><br/>Disk 0 = Vista drive + Program files and Swapfile etc. Space = the whole drive.<br/>Disk 1 = Data divided up however you want it.<br/><br/>There's a reason any flavor of Windows writes a certain # of files to the root sector of C:....don't resist it ....<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/go-468886" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GO">GO</a> with the Force.<br/>It's the most trouble-free setup there is.so you recommend reinstalling vista? :S<br/>Disk 0 is IDE, Disk 1 is SATA, that is why i want media etc. on Disk 0 and Vista and programs on Disk 1...<br/>Should i rename M (Vista Drive) C? or something like that?<br/>maybe that could trick windows lol<br/>suggestions?any help?please? lolSorry...been real busy.<br/><br/>First some basics to clarify things which will simplify it.<br/><br/>Any version of Windows HAS to write certain files to the root dir. of C: to function properly.<br/>This is why it makes sense to have it installed there anyways.<br/><br/>Having programs installed on another partition/drive doesn't have many benefits speedwise....other than making things maybe more organised it's not really worth it.<br/><br/>Your SATA drive is probably faster than the IDE.<br/><br/>Keeping all this in mind and following your original parameters for your drive setup here's how i would suggest laying it out:<br/><br/>_______________________________________ _________________<br/><br/>Split the SATA drive in 2 equally....roughly 150G each.<br/><br/>Primary partition: C: = Vista; Programs and pagefile.<br/>2nd partition: D: = Storage and or media work...<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/music-1379" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MUSIC">MUSIC</a>; video etc.<br/><br/>Then wipe your IDE drive after grabbing any important data and use it for additional storage.<br/><br/>This will involve re-installing Vista and your apps but you'll have a neat clean setup and should see a small performance gain.<br/>I've tried to merge/move/expand partitions before and even with the best 3rd party apps out there it has never worked clean enough for me...<br/><br/>A clean start would be best.<br/><br/>Obviously the size paramaters mentioned above can be customised to your liking but you get the general idea here.<br/><br/>Let us know.so you'd recommend putting all my media in a partition on the SATA, completely wiping everything else, then reinstalling Vista?<br/>thing is, i've just installed vista again- taken me quite a while to get it how i want it When you say install all your media i'm not quite sure what you mean by that....<br/>As far as getting it set up how you want you could use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard to copy your settings.<br/><a href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457074(TechNet.10).aspx">Info Here</a><br/><br/>The main problem with what you want to do is your boot info is stored on C: and your installation resides elsewhere...<br/>I've never been successful using any partitioning <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/app-25615" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about APP">APP</a> to merge a boot sector to an OS install but if you want to try it OK.<br/>The reason it probably won't work is even if you did merge the 2 successfully the bootloader will be looking in different partitions for your Vista install because this is how it was set up originally...well heres the next problem- how on earth do i find a program that works with 64 bit?<br/>(i dont mind paying) i tried Paragon Partition Manager 9 but in the Recovery CD it doesnt have the resizing function<br/><br/>do you think there is a file i can edit for the path of the boot sector?... im guessing this wouldnt happen because its all linked...<br/>the files and settings transfer seems to want me to have 2 pcs tooParagon does work in Vista 64....<br/>You could try Ranish which is Free but i still don't think the bootloader will operate properly.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/fast.php">Here</a><br/> is another guide to using FAST...you don't need 2 machines. Simply run it to gather your <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/current-240611" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CURRENT">CURRENT</a> settings and save them to a floppy or USB drive.<br/>Then when you need to migrate them into the new install run it again and point it to the settings file you saved.<br/>I have good luck with partition manager....you could give it a shot....<br/><br/><br/><a href="http://www.paragon-software.com/home/pm-personal/comparison.html">http://www.paragon-software.com/home/pm-personal/comparison.html</a><br/><br/>It works with 64 bit vista<br/>yes, i know paragon works with 64 bit.<br/>anyone know where the resize function is in it though? :S<br/>i cant find it :|</p></body></html> | |