I bought this Dell Inspiron 530 pc, I saw 2 partitions, one large and one very small and installed win7 on the small partition and when finished, in My Computer I am seeing the small partition in the "red", I am wondering now whenever I should download anything and it should go into the small partition where the win 7 is located this will cause problems, is there any way to auto set all future downloads to go into the much bigger partition? Or should I reinstall win 7 into the larger partition please?
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Installing win7 on small partition issue?
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yes you can send downloads to the larger partition just tell your web browser or download manager where you
want them to go
you could also resize the smaller partition to take space from the large partition
you may also have installed windows over your recovery partition by accident
that would explain why its such a small partition
want them to go
you could also resize the smaller partition to take space from the large partition
you may also have installed windows over your recovery partition by accident
that would explain why its such a small partition
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not as such --deleting the large partition would just leave it as unallocated space
you could format the large partition then resize the small c partition to take up the full space
in windows disk management
you could format the large partition then resize the small c partition to take up the full space
in windows disk management
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you are welcome
heres a very good free software that can also do it
http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm
heres a very good free software that can also do it
http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm
I am going to try the free partition tool you mentioned but just for future knowledge, please see attached images, 2nd image shows that the option to "extend volume" on the C drive where the OS is installed is shaded out, if I were to shrink the D drive, would automatically extend the C drive?
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i use photobucket
you can get a direct link from them so the actual image appears not just a hyperlink to follow
you can get a direct link from them so the actual image appears not just a hyperlink to follow
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put the mouse over the image you want to delete
then a settings icon appears in the top right corner of the photo
options include delete
then a settings icon appears in the top right corner of the photo
options include delete
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on photobucket where it says links to share this photo use the link that says IMG
then the picture will appear here
then the picture will appear here
Ok, appreciate the help with this, will definitely come in handy in the future. Ok, now back to my original issue if you will? Which was "2nd image shows that the option to "extend volume" on the C drive where the OS is installed is shaded out, if I were to shrink the D drive, would automatically extend the C drive?"
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could try
but i think you may just get an unallocated space
try deleting D then see if you can extend C into it
seems a bit funny that D is marked as active and a primary partition
its as if theres an operating system on D
but i think you may just get an unallocated space
try deleting D then see if you can extend C into it
seems a bit funny that D is marked as active and a primary partition
its as if theres an operating system on D
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there should be an option to delete or format D
make sure to actually select D
typing in 2000 wont work as thats too small
2000 is only 2gb
20000 is 20gb
200000 is 200gb
if it wasnt for the fact that D has 21gb on it that could be an operating system you could just merge the
partitions
make sure to actually select D
typing in 2000 wont work as thats too small
2000 is only 2gb
20000 is 20gb
200000 is 200gb
if it wasnt for the fact that D has 21gb on it that could be an operating system you could just merge the
partitions
I don't see a format option anywhere for D and I tried inputting 2000000 in the C but nothing happens, maybe the free software just doesn't work, I tried looking for support for this software and joined their forum, if I don't hear from them what would be my next option to reload the OS this time on the D Partition?
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if you are willing to reload windows 7--which may turn out to be the fastest way of doing things
run the dvd and when it gets to where do you want to install it
look for the small advanced drive options writing
choose that and just delete all partitions except any that are named recovery
that way windows should show you as having one large partition to install to
run the dvd and when it gets to where do you want to install it
look for the small advanced drive options writing
choose that and just delete all partitions except any that are named recovery
that way windows should show you as having one large partition to install to
When I was first installing the OS, there 5 partitions, I deleted 3 but C and D was left, I think D was named recovery and that's why it could not be deleted and that was why I chose C, if reloading and I should choose D this time, won't the default downloads go to the C partition? If yes, then I guess I can choose that option in download manager as you pointed out but I would like to simply work with the C partition only as per normal.
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well D is now over 200gb so it wont be a recovery partition any more
but if you load windows to the D partition ie the one over 200gb it will be renamed to C once windows is loaded
as C is default drive letter for the windows installation
and any other partitions will get new drive letters so your downloads will go to C
but i think the 10gb partition may have been your recovery one thats roughly the right size
since you have a windows disc your best bet may be just delete all the partitions during setup to make things
simple
but if you load windows to the D partition ie the one over 200gb it will be renamed to C once windows is loaded
as C is default drive letter for the windows installation
and any other partitions will get new drive letters so your downloads will go to C
but i think the 10gb partition may have been your recovery one thats roughly the right size
since you have a windows disc your best bet may be just delete all the partitions during setup to make things
simple
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