How to format rest of my hard drive?
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WyomingKnott
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That depends. Are you willing to lose your Linux and the data on it? A reformat will wipe those out. If you need the files that are there, and to be able to boot Linux after the change, you will either need some snazzy partition manager or a Windows package that will let you read the unix partition. What file format is the Unix partition?
WyomingKnott
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Ah-hah. Getting easier. Do you want a separate drive with a separate drive letter, like D, in which case we format the partition as NTFS? Or do you want to make your C drive larger, in which case we use the Disk Mangler to expand the size of your boot partition?
WyomingKnott
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In the Disk Manager, you can select the C partition and, if all the space to the right of it is free, choose to resize it larger. I haven't done this in Win8 so I can't exactly describe the images.
I strongly recommend having a full image backup of your system drive before doing this. The odds of damage are very low, but if there is damage the odds of recovery aren't so great either.
I strongly recommend having a full image backup of your system drive before doing this. The odds of damage are very low, but if there is damage the odds of recovery aren't so great either.
You should be able to see the hdd partition by right click on My Computer > Manage. Under Computer Management console windows, click Disk Manager under Storage, you will see your listed hard drive. Something similar to this:
Right click on the black space (Unallocated) and click on New Simple Volume to create the partition.
Right click on the black space (Unallocated) and click on New Simple Volume to create the partition.
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