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    Extend C drive

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by avillabon, Aug 15, 2012.

  1. avillabon

    avillabon Notebook Evangelist

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    Here's the deal... I got a scorpio black 750gb and want to replace the stock 320gb hdd. I did the following:

    Used acronis true image as i found out it would be my best option to just clone the drives and then swap them. So i did, the clone went well, took almost 2 hours but the computer booted perfectly and all the files and system are working just fine.

    Here is the problem..

    This m11x has the drive partitioned into 1: OS and 2: Recovery. Acronis True Image divided the hdd like this:
    1: Os Partition
    2: Recovery partition
    3: Unallocated space
    (see attachment)
    The problem is the OS partition cant extend to the unallocated space unless it is right next to it (from what i read googling the problem).

    What are my options here? I really dont want to have another partition... :S

    Thanks for taking the time to read this.

    Alex
     

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  2. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    The best move here would be to backup the recovery partition, delete the partition, extend C: to the max and then create a new 8-10GB partition to put the Recovery one there. Otherwise you would need to reinstall Windows from scratch.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Aug 16, 2012
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  3. avillabon

    avillabon Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah that makes sense. How can I backup the recovery partition and reinstate it later?

    Thanks for the help!

    Alex
     
    avillabon, Aug 16, 2012
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    No problem. I think you can clone it using the same software if I'm not mistaken. Otherwise you can just delete it and create a whole new recovery partition with whatever you have installed right now on your machine (all software will be added to it) by installing the AlienRespawn.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Aug 16, 2012
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  5. avillabon

    avillabon Notebook Evangelist

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    Got it to work!

    I ended up using: AOMEI Partition Assistant Home Edition 5.1 which is free. I copied the partition to an external hard drive, extended the hard drive and then created a new partition to copy it back.

    Alex
     
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  6. Alienware-L_Porras

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    Awesome! I'm glad that you got it to work... :) :cool:
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Aug 16, 2012
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    Does the AOMEI Partition Assistant work well? I have got a professional edition of it, and afraid to use it, I have some important data on my system drive, and now it is all most running out of space, I want to increase it.
     
    jokerj, Nov 13, 2012
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  8. katalin_2003

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    Never had a problem with it but i do recommend backing up your data first.
     
    katalin_2003, Nov 13, 2012
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