Re: [H] Extend partition?
Have you got this problem solved? Did you get Acronis? Sam DHSinclair wrote: Sam, Went and dl'd the trial copy of DD10 from Acronis. I do recognize the windows. Trouble is, the trial version will NOT let me do any of the basic operations! Even though the webpage indicates these operations are available. Very confusing. The only operation it did allow was to change my current unallocated space back to the old D:\ partition. I still can NOT RESIZE the C:\ partition. Acronis lets me set the operation up, but at Commit/Proceed an error window pops up saying that this operation is impossible with the trial edition-would I like to buy... :) Going to snoop around for an older version. At 09:42 12/27/2008 -0800, you wrote: http://www.acronis.com/promo/ADD/disk-director-014.html?source=us_googlekeyword=partitiongclid=CPq3pYar4ZcCFRwwawodjE_RDQ \I suggest you download a trail copy of the above Acronis Disk Director or get a copy ofthe old Power Qwest Partition Magic Either one will do what you want. Sam http://www.acronis.com/promo/ADD/disk-director-014.html?source=us_googlekeyword=partitiongclid=CPq3pYar4ZcCFRwwawodjE_RDQ DHSinclair wrote: Been studying the Disk Manager in XP. I would dearly like to extend my current c:\ partition to now span the remaining 4.27GB on the hard drive. Last night I backed up and got rid of the d:\ partition on the same drive. So, now I have my c:\ partition (system) at 4.27GB, and an Unallocated 4.27GB space on the same drive. Reading the details of the Disk Manager, and, buried deep in the directions, it says the EXTEND command will NOT allow extending a system/boot partition! Huh? Anyone know why this is so? I suspect that the MBR may get dorked up and/or I may have to use the Repair Console again to do a CHKDSK c: /R followed by the bootcfg /rebuild commands (well if it worked :) I do have a variety of disk partition tools here, but none will play on a full U160 scsi system! And, I do hot have a spare pata CDROM to swap into the system... :( Thanks, Duncan No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.0/1865 - Release Date: 12/26/2008 1:01 PM -- Sam Franc On the Oregon Coast I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.-Einstein No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.1/1868 - Release Date: 12/29/2008 10:48 AM -- Sam Franc On the Oregon Coast I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.-Einstein
Re: [H] Extend partition?
Sam, Yes I did solve the problem. I used PartitionMagic7. The partition(s) is/are happy and well. All is back to normal again. The Acronis trial-ware would only let me LOOK; but it would not let me DO anything. Thanks, Duncan At 09:27 01/23/2009 -0800, you wrote: Have you got this problem solved? Did you get Acronis? Sam DHSinclair wrote: Sam, Went and dl'd the trial copy of DD10 from Acronis. I do recognize the windows. Trouble is, the trial version will NOT let me do any of the basic operations! Even though the webpage indicates these operations are available. Very confusing. The only operation it did allow was to change my current unallocated space back to the old D:\ partition. I still can NOT RESIZE the C:\ partition. Acronis lets me set the operation up, but at Commit/Proceed an error window pops up saying that this operation is impossible with the trial edition-would I like to buy... :) Going to snoop around for an older version. At 09:42 12/27/2008 -0800, you wrote: http://www.acronis.com/promo/ADD/disk-director-014.html?source=us_googlekeyword=partitiongclid=CPq3pYar4ZcCFRwwawodjE_RDQ \I suggest you download a trail copy of the above Acronis Disk Director or get a copy ofthe old Power Qwest Partition Magic Either one will do what you want. Sam http://www.acronis.com/promo/ADD/disk-director-014.html?source=us_googlekeyword=partitiongclid=CPq3pYar4ZcCFRwwawodjE_RDQ DHSinclair wrote: Been studying the Disk Manager in XP. I would dearly like to extend my current c:\ partition to now span the remaining 4.27GB on the hard drive. Last night I backed up and got rid of the d:\ partition on the same drive. So, now I have my c:\ partition (system) at 4.27GB, and an Unallocated 4.27GB space on the same drive. Reading the details of the Disk Manager, and, buried deep in the directions, it says the EXTEND command will NOT allow extending a system/boot partition! Huh? Anyone know why this is so? I suspect that the MBR may get dorked up and/or I may have to use the Repair Console again to do a CHKDSK c: /R followed by the bootcfg /rebuild commands (well if it worked :) I do have a variety of disk partition tools here, but none will play on a full U160 scsi system! And, I do hot have a spare pata CDROM to swap into the system... :( Thanks, Duncan No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.0/1865 - Release Date: 12/26/2008 1:01 PM -- Sam Franc On the Oregon Coast I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.-Einstein No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.1/1868 - Release Date: 12/29/2008 10:48 AM -- Sam Franc On the Oregon Coast I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.-Einstein
Re: [H] Extend partition?
I said this recently on another list. (Hope it wasn't here.) IF the trial version was fully functional, lots of people would just borrow it and not buy it... I'm not much of a Linux person, but I've used: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ and found it a little similar to Acronis Partition Expert. It was a little harder to use and required more steps. Rick Glazier From: DHSinclair Sam, Yes I did solve the problem. I used PartitionMagic7. The partition(s) is/are happy and well. All is back to normal again. The Acronis trial-ware would only let me LOOK; but it would not let me DO anything. Thanks, Duncan Have you got this problem solved? Did you get Acronis? Sam
Re: [H] Extend partition?
Rick, Yes, I agree. The trial was NOT functional for me. I am not a *nix person at all (except that my NAS is *nix, but I do not dabble!) :) Anything hard is now avoided. After 40 years in this sphere, if it is not easy, I just go find another way... coding business is for programmers. I am not a programmer. I am a user. I quit programming 35 years ago. And, I suppose I am getting less patient as the days tick off. Thank you for the share. I will go look in any case. Best, Duncan At 20:45 01/23/2009 -0500, you wrote: I said this recently on another list. (Hope it wasn't here.) IF the trial version was fully functional, lots of people would just borrow it and not buy it... I'm not much of a Linux person, but I've used: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ and found it a little similar to Acronis Partition Expert. It was a little harder to use and required more steps. Rick Glazier From: DHSinclair Sam, Yes I did solve the problem. I used PartitionMagic7. The partition(s) is/are happy and well. All is back to normal again. The Acronis trial-ware would only let me LOOK; but it would not let me DO anything. Thanks, Duncan Have you got this problem solved? Did you get Acronis? Sam
Re: [H] Extend partition?
Sam, Went and dl'd the trial copy of DD10 from Acronis. I do recognize the windows. Trouble is, the trial version will NOT let me do any of the basic operations! Even though the webpage indicates these operations are available. Very confusing. The only operation it did allow was to change my current unallocated space back to the old D:\ partition. I still can NOT RESIZE the C:\ partition. Acronis lets me set the operation up, but at Commit/Proceed an error window pops up saying that this operation is impossible with the trial edition-would I like to buy... :) Going to snoop around for an older version. At 09:42 12/27/2008 -0800, you wrote: http://www.acronis.com/promo/ADD/disk-director-014.html?source=us_googlekeyword=partitiongclid=CPq3pYar4ZcCFRwwawodjE_RDQ \I suggest you download a trail copy of the above Acronis Disk Director or get a copy ofthe old Power Qwest Partition Magic Either one will do what you want. Sam http://www.acronis.com/promo/ADD/disk-director-014.html?source=us_googlekeyword=partitiongclid=CPq3pYar4ZcCFRwwawodjE_RDQ DHSinclair wrote: Been studying the Disk Manager in XP. I would dearly like to extend my current c:\ partition to now span the remaining 4.27GB on the hard drive. Last night I backed up and got rid of the d:\ partition on the same drive. So, now I have my c:\ partition (system) at 4.27GB, and an Unallocated 4.27GB space on the same drive. Reading the details of the Disk Manager, and, buried deep in the directions, it says the EXTEND command will NOT allow extending a system/boot partition! Huh? Anyone know why this is so? I suspect that the MBR may get dorked up and/or I may have to use the Repair Console again to do a CHKDSK c: /R followed by the bootcfg /rebuild commands (well if it worked :) I do have a variety of disk partition tools here, but none will play on a full U160 scsi system! And, I do hot have a spare pata CDROM to swap into the system... :( Thanks, Duncan No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.0/1865 - Release Date: 12/26/2008 1:01 PM -- Sam Franc On the Oregon Coast I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.-Einstein
Re: [H] Extend partition?
I'm not familiar with Acronis, but some time ago when I used a trial version of BootItNG, you had to 'slide' the unallocated space over so it was adjacent to the C: partition before I could resize the C: partition. Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) -- From: DHSinclair dsinc...@bellsouth.net Went and dl'd the trial copy of DD10 from Acronis. I do recognize the windows. Trouble is, the trial version will NOT let me do any of the basic operations! Even though the webpage indicates these operations are available. Very confusing. The only operation it did allow was to change my current unallocated space back to the old D:\ partition. I still can NOT RESIZE the C:\ partition.
[H] Extend partition?
Been studying the Disk Manager in XP. I would dearly like to extend my current c:\ partition to now span the remaining 4.27GB on the hard drive. Last night I backed up and got rid of the d:\ partition on the same drive. So, now I have my c:\ partition (system) at 4.27GB, and an Unallocated 4.27GB space on the same drive. Reading the details of the Disk Manager, and, buried deep in the directions, it says the EXTEND command will NOT allow extending a system/boot partition! Huh? Anyone know why this is so? I suspect that the MBR may get dorked up and/or I may have to use the Repair Console again to do a CHKDSK c: /R followed by the bootcfg /rebuild commands (well if it worked :) I do have a variety of disk partition tools here, but none will play on a full U160 scsi system! And, I do hot have a spare pata CDROM to swap into the system... :( Thanks, Duncan
Re: [H] Extend partition?
http://www.acronis.com/promo/ADD/disk-director-014.html?source=us_googlekeyword=partitiongclid=CPq3pYar4ZcCFRwwawodjE_RDQ \I suggest you download a trail copy of the above Acronis Disk Director or get a copy ofthe old Power Qwest Partition Magic Either one will do what you want. Sam http://www.acronis.com/promo/ADD/disk-director-014.html?source=us_googlekeyword=partitiongclid=CPq3pYar4ZcCFRwwawodjE_RDQ DHSinclair wrote: Been studying the Disk Manager in XP. I would dearly like to extend my current c:\ partition to now span the remaining 4.27GB on the hard drive. Last night I backed up and got rid of the d:\ partition on the same drive. So, now I have my c:\ partition (system) at 4.27GB, and an Unallocated 4.27GB space on the same drive. Reading the details of the Disk Manager, and, buried deep in the directions, it says the EXTEND command will NOT allow extending a system/boot partition! Huh? Anyone know why this is so? I suspect that the MBR may get dorked up and/or I may have to use the Repair Console again to do a CHKDSK c: /R followed by the bootcfg /rebuild commands (well if it worked :) I do have a variety of disk partition tools here, but none will play on a full U160 scsi system! And, I do hot have a spare pata CDROM to swap into the system... :( Thanks, Duncan No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.0/1865 - Release Date: 12/26/2008 1:01 PM -- Sam Franc On the Oregon Coast I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.-Einstein
Re: [H] Extend partition?
Sam, Thanks for the link. I'm off to get the Acronis trial. Best, Duncan At 09:42 12/27/2008 -0800, you wrote: http://www.acronis.com/promo/ADD/disk-director-014.html?source=us_googlekeyword=partitiongclid=CPq3pYar4ZcCFRwwawodjE_RDQ \I suggest you download a trail copy of the above Acronis Disk Director or get a copy ofthe old Power Qwest Partition Magic Either one will do what you want. Sam http://www.acronis.com/promo/ADD/disk-director-014.html?source=us_googlekeyword=partitiongclid=CPq3pYar4ZcCFRwwawodjE_RDQ DHSinclair wrote: Been studying the Disk Manager in XP. I would dearly like to extend my current c:\ partition to now span the remaining 4.27GB on the hard drive. Last night I backed up and got rid of the d:\ partition on the same drive. So, now I have my c:\ partition (system) at 4.27GB, and an Unallocated 4.27GB space on the same drive. Reading the details of the Disk Manager, and, buried deep in the directions, it says the EXTEND command will NOT allow extending a system/boot partition! Huh? Anyone know why this is so? I suspect that the MBR may get dorked up and/or I may have to use the Repair Console again to do a CHKDSK c: /R followed by the bootcfg /rebuild commands (well if it worked :) I do have a variety of disk partition tools here, but none will play on a full U160 scsi system! And, I do hot have a spare pata CDROM to swap into the system... :( Thanks, Duncan No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.0/1865 - Release Date: 12/26/2008 1:01 PM -- Sam Franc On the Oregon Coast I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.-Einstein
