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    GX 620 - merging partitions?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by ProduceSection, May 7, 2009.

  1. ProduceSection

    ProduceSection Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is there a way I could merge my partitions (C and E. C is the 45 gig, E is the 240) or set the E drive as the primary partition? Everything i've installed so far has gone on C, and I'm not sure how to install to E instead.

    I should mention I'm currently using the windows 7 rc.

    thanks
     
    ProduceSection, May 7, 2009
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    KonstantinDK Notebook Evangelist

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    What I did ongt627 Vista - delete 1 partition completely, then expand other one.
     
    KonstantinDK, May 7, 2009
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  3. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    Right click on my computer, manage, disk storage. Delete the E partition and extend the C partition. Why do they split the disk anyway?
     
    Ayle, May 7, 2009
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  4. Xenile

    Xenile Notebook Consultant

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    Because manufacturers install a recovery installer of the OS. It's a safe way also in case you computer crashes and you have to reformat it, all the files will be saved.
     
    Xenile, May 8, 2009
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    s.almajid Notebook Consultant

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    Is there any third party applic1ation I can use to merge both my drives without losing anything?

    I have my programs and games on both the drives and I don't want to lose anything. I have my own 64 bit CD, so I don't need the recovery.
     
    s.almajid, May 9, 2009
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  6. Ayle

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    Partition Magic or Acronis Disk Director can do it. The problem is that a lot of files will point to a location that won't exist anymore once the partitions are merged...
     
    Ayle, May 10, 2009
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  7. Xenile

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    Partition Magic doesn't work with Vista tried it myself. The reason behind it is that, Vista has it's own disk manager. You can shrink and expand using Vista's software.
     
    Xenile, May 11, 2009
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