Solve : Recreate Partitions without reinstalling Windows?

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Answer» I received an old Asus Eee PC from my sister with a 10GB HDD, 3GB on C: and 7GB on D:. The small volume of C: make it impossible to install the XP SP3 (requires 500MB+ free space) and many other programs. Is there any safe way I can recreate the partitions without reinstalling Win XP? Thanks. If it has a CD drive yes...i use Easus Partition Manager.....which has a Free version.Hi Michael, Sourceforge has some good partitioning and cloning utility’s, G parted live and clonezilla, there pretty friendly with full GUI's and downloaded free at http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php something else to CONSIDER, right now drives are dirt cheap see what type of interface the drive is and check out http://www.compusa.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=1277&name=2.5-Hard-Drive& Compusa and Tiger direct are the same company A WD250GB SATA is $40.00 a 500GB is $55.00, define your partitions and clone the old contents, your good to go... just a thought, check the page in the second link.. Good Luck and Happy Disks..Hi all, That day I tried to reinstall the Windows through an external DVD drive, and during the partitioning session, I FOUND out that the 3GB C: and 7GB D: are on different bus ID hence deleting both will not give me a 10GB single partition but STILL two 3+7 partitions. I have no idea why they configure this netbook that way as it sounds rather ridiculous. Guess what, when I do a recovery, it not only wipe my C: but D: as well. Quote from: Michael on March 09, 2011, 08:28:53 AM Guess what, when I do a recovery, it not only wipe my C: but D: as well. That doesn't make sense at all...sounds like a user error to me.Yes, it doesn't make sense. But a friend of mine has experience this before with his old netbook. So I guess it must have something to do with the recovery CD e.g. how the recovery process is written.There is no recovery app EITHER on CD or a hidden partition that would wipe the D: recovery partition...sorry but your wrong.Hmm....then it'll remain mystery for the rest of my life....LOL... I've done the recovery twice using the CD, and on both occasions the D: was wiped. Actually when the Recovery CD is inserted and executed, it prompts for confirmation that it'll replace the CONTENT on C: (ONLY), but I don't know why it'll wipe the D: as well. I'm curious about your comment regarding "user error" because I didn't choose any option related to drives.It Wipes the entire drive. Not just a single partition. Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 16, 2011, 06:59:44 PM It Wipes the entire drive. Not just a single partition. I respectfully disagree... Quote from: patio on March 16, 2011, 08:16:39 PM I respectfully disagree... All the recovery CDs/DVDs I've used did this.

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I received an old Asus Eee PC from my sister with a 10GB HDD, 3GB on C: and 7GB on D:.
The small volume of C: make it impossible to install the XP SP3 (requires 500MB+ free space) and many other programs.

Is there any safe way I can recreate the partitions without reinstalling Win XP?

Thanks. If it has a CD drive yes...i use Easus Partition Manager.....which has a Free version.Hi Michael, Sourceforge has some good partitioning and cloning utility’s, G parted live and clonezilla, there pretty friendly with full GUI's and downloaded free at http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

something else to CONSIDER, right now drives are dirt cheap see what type of interface the drive is and check out

http://www.compusa.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=1277&name=2.5-Hard-Drive&

Compusa and Tiger direct are the same company A WD250GB SATA is $40.00 a 500GB is $55.00, define your partitions and clone the old contents, your good to go... just a thought, check the page in the second link..
Good Luck and Happy Disks..Hi all,

That day I tried to reinstall the Windows through an external DVD drive, and during the partitioning session, I FOUND out that the 3GB C: and 7GB D: are on different bus ID hence deleting both will not give me a 10GB single partition but STILL two 3+7 partitions.

I have no idea why they configure this netbook that way as it sounds rather ridiculous. Guess what, when I do a recovery, it not only wipe my C: but D: as well. Quote from: Michael on March 09, 2011, 08:28:53 AM

Guess what, when I do a recovery, it not only wipe my C: but D: as well.

That doesn't make sense at all...sounds like a user error to me.Yes, it doesn't make sense. But a friend of mine has experience this before with his old netbook.
So I guess it must have something to do with the recovery CD e.g. how the recovery process is written.There is no recovery app EITHER on CD or a hidden partition that would wipe the D: recovery partition...sorry but your wrong.Hmm....then it'll remain mystery for the rest of my life....LOL...

I've done the recovery twice using the CD, and on both occasions the D: was wiped.

Actually when the Recovery CD is inserted and executed, it prompts for confirmation that it'll replace the CONTENT on C: (ONLY), but I don't know why it'll wipe the D: as well.

I'm curious about your comment regarding "user error" because I didn't choose any option related to drives.It Wipes the entire drive. Not just a single partition. Quote from: BC_Programmer on March 16, 2011, 06:59:44 PM

It Wipes the entire drive. Not just a single partition.

I respectfully disagree... Quote from: patio on March 16, 2011, 08:16:39 PM

I respectfully disagree...

All the recovery CDs/DVDs I've used did this.

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