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Regaining Hdd Space?

#1 Rich Fitz

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Posted 11 August 2008 - 12:30 PM

My laptop came with backup installed on the hard drive partiioned under the D: drive. I want to reclain this unused space for my c: drive; how would i go about this?

#2 groovicus

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Posted 11 August 2008 - 12:34 PM

What are you going to do if your system crashes? Do you have other backups?

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#3 Rich Fitz

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Posted 11 August 2008 - 03:46 PM

I made a set of backup discs when I bought the computer, plus I backup weekly to a usb hard disk drive using Acronis Tru Image v11. I thought everybody did backups on a regular basis

#4 ahola

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Posted 11 August 2008 - 03:50 PM

Get a program that will merge the C and D partition together. Here is link to an article that will help you out:

Resize partition in Vista

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Posted 11 August 2008 - 10:46 PM

You could try this trick I did, but makes sure that you have a full (not incremental or differential) backup on your other drive. Also make sure that your other drive is readable from the acronis boot disk.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic160210.html

I can't guarantee it will work. I don't know much about USB drives. But maybe it will work.