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    Very serious problem with my hard drive...

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by zijin_cheng, Dec 16, 2009.

  1. zijin_cheng

    zijin_cheng Notebook Evangelist

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    I have a DV5 with a 320gb hard drive. i partitioned it with vista partitioner and took away about 50gb for ubuntu. i got tired of ubuntu and formatted the 50gb partition to erase it. i then went to vista partitioner to add the 50gb free space back to my main partition of 320-50gb...

    problem is, vista partitioner won't let me do that. it just won't. when you right click on the free space you can create a new partition, but when you right click on the hard drive and click resize you can't resize it above 320-50=270gb, the arrow for increasing is greyed out.

    guess what, i tried gparted and i tried resizing the main partition and same problem... it won't let me resize my partition
     
    zijin_cheng, Dec 16, 2009
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  2. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    Have you tried using the built-in Windows Disk Management?
     
    McGrady, Dec 16, 2009
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  3. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Formating the partition doe not "erase it" in the sense that you are using the term. The partition is still there after formating it. What you need to do is DELETE the partition.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Dec 17, 2009
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  4. zijin_cheng

    zijin_cheng Notebook Evangelist

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    to mcgrady, windows disk management was what i was referring to when i said vista partitioner and to scuderia, i deleted the partition, as in it shows up as FREE SPACE or UNPARTITIONED SPACE
     
    zijin_cheng, Dec 18, 2009
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    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    And you can't add that to an existing partition?

    Have you tried all existing partitions?
     
    DetlevCM, Dec 18, 2009
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  6. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Any free space can ONLY be added to the end of the partition that immediately preceeds it. Is it possible for you to attach a screen shot?

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Dec 18, 2009
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  7. Gregory

    Gregory disassemble?

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    Also check to see if there is still an extended partition left over. You may have removed a logical partition created by Ubuntu but left the extended partition. This scenerio would still report it was unpartitioned space, but you would see an "extended" file system when viewing from Gparted. Gparted cannot reallocate the space within the extended partition until it is dealt with. Please be more specific about what partitions Gparted reported and in what manner it prevented you from resizing.
     
    Gregory, Dec 18, 2009
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