I tried that but I ended up with "unassigned" space..., not a partition. I had to use Partition Magic to add it to C:
Marcio -----Original Message----- >From: "Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A." <acker...@astrecg.com> >Sent: Oct 12, 2009 12:16 PM >To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM >Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Oh, my...partitions... > >Either in Control Panel OR Accessories/System >Choose Computer Administration or Administration Tools (version dependent). >Administer computer (about the next to last item). >Disk management. >Choose your disk and adjust the active partition to use the whole drive. > > > >Eschew Obfuscation > >This is a reply from: >Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. > Financial, Managerial, and Technical Services >for the Professional, Non-Profit, and the Entrepreneurial Organization > > 703.548.1343 voice > 703.783.1340 fax > > >From thinking to doing, from sales to profits, from tax to investments- we >are YOUR adjuvancy > >-----Original Message----- >From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:computerguy...@listserv.aol.com] >On Behalf Of Tom Piwowar >Sent: 10/12/2009 10:12 AM >To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM >Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Oh, my...partitions... > >On Oct 12, 2009, at 2:24 AM, Marcio wrote: >> My computer came back from the shop and is working OK. But the guys made >me the user and >>the administrator, which I don´t like. First question: is there a way to >separate these two after >>WindowsXP is installed? > >That is the typical way to set it up. The shop has probably learned >the hard way that setting Windows up more securely causes lots of >customer complaints. So they set it up the way that is simplest for an >unsophisticated user to use. Not secure, but easy to use. You can >"easily" add another user and make that user the default login. For >best security don't make that user an administrator. > >On Oct 12, 2009, at 2:24 AM, Marcio wrote: >Then they placed a partition in C: which I also don´t like.I went into >disk management and was able to delete what was there after I >transfered it to C:. But, what a pain, I have not been able to delete >the partition that is there as "unalocated" space... The question? How >do I delete this partition and have just the large c: drive NTFS? > >Disk management will let you "easily" change the size of a partition. >I don't know how safe it is to do it, after all it is a M$ product. > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
