1. Welcome Guest! In order to create a new topic or reply to an existing one, you must register first. It is easy and free. Click here to sign up now!.
    Dismiss Notice

Partition Query

Discussion in 'Windows Vista' started by KiwiBrian, Jun 12, 2009.

  1. KiwiBrian

    KiwiBrian Guest

    On a Lenovo T61 running Vista there is a "hidden" 7 GB partition that is for
    a recovery operation.

    The balance of the Hard Disk is C.

    There is no D.

    The CD/DVD Reader/Burner is E.

    Am I able to use the Vista builtin facilities to shrink C to 20GB, and then
    create and format a second partition (D) on the now free/unallocated area?

    If so, will this prevent me from doing a recovery as the PC was originally
    set up for?

    Are there any hidden traps?

    Is there a GOOD site/page that describes the operation?

    Thanks.
     
    KiwiBrian, Jun 12, 2009
    #1
  3. Randem

    Randem Guest

    If you moove or alter the location of the boot partition most likely a
    recovery will not work. In some models the boot partition is located in a
    unallocated portion of the HD an some will think that it is unused but it is
    not.

    --
    Randem Systems
    Your Installation Specialist
    The Top Inno Setup Script Generator
    http://www.randem.com/innoscript.html
    Disk Read Error Press Ctl+Alt+Del to Restart
    http://www.randem.com/discus/messages/9402/9406.html?1236319938



    "KiwiBrian" <briantoz@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
    news:h0uodc$bom$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
    > On a Lenovo T61 running Vista there is a "hidden" 7 GB partition that is
    > for a recovery operation.
    >
    > The balance of the Hard Disk is C.
    >
    > There is no D.
    >
    > The CD/DVD Reader/Burner is E.
    >
    > Am I able to use the Vista builtin facilities to shrink C to 20GB, and
    > then create and format a second partition (D) on the now free/unallocated
    > area?
    >
    > If so, will this prevent me from doing a recovery as the PC was originally
    > set up for?
    >
    > Are there any hidden traps?
    >
    > Is there a GOOD site/page that describes the operation?
    >
    > Thanks.
    >
    >
     
    Randem, Jun 12, 2009
    #2
  4. philo

    philo Guest

    "KiwiBrian" <briantoz@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
    news:h0uodc$bom$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
    > On a Lenovo T61 running Vista there is a "hidden" 7 GB partition that is
    > for a recovery operation.
    >
    > The balance of the Hard Disk is C.
    >
    > There is no D.
    >
    > The CD/DVD Reader/Burner is E.
    >
    > Am I able to use the Vista builtin facilities to shrink C to 20GB, and
    > then create and format a second partition (D) on the now free/unallocated
    > area?



    Bad idea...

    20 gigs is way to small for your OS
    >
    > If so, will this prevent me from doing a recovery as the PC was originally
    > set up for?
    >
    > Are there any hidden traps?
    >
    > Is there a GOOD site/page that describes the operation?
    >
    > Thanks.
    >
    >
     
    philo, Jun 12, 2009
    #3
  5. DaveD

    DaveD Guest

    I don't know if my experience helps you, but when I completely wiped (i.e.
    hosed) my hard drive and recovered from my HP restore disk, it created the
    C and D (recovery) partitions exactly as they were when new.

    After that recovery, I shrank my C partition and created a new drive (call
    it Z) in the free space, leaving the D partition intact.

    In a subsequent recovery from the D drive, it re-imaged the C drive, but
    left my "Z" drive intact.

    ***

    "KiwiBrian" <briantoz@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
    news:h0uodc$bom$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
    > On a Lenovo T61 running Vista there is a "hidden" 7 GB partition that is
    > for a recovery operation.
    >
    > The balance of the Hard Disk is C.
    >
    > There is no D.
    >
    > The CD/DVD Reader/Burner is E.
    >
    > Am I able to use the Vista builtin facilities to shrink C to 20GB, and
    > then create and format a second partition (D) on the now free/unallocated
    > area?
    >
    > If so, will this prevent me from doing a recovery as the PC was originally
    > set up for?
    >
    > Are there any hidden traps?
    >
    > Is there a GOOD site/page that describes the operation?
    >
    > Thanks.
    >
    >
     
    DaveD, Jun 12, 2009
    #4
  6. brummyfan

    brummyfan Guest

    "KiwiBrian" wrote:

    > On a Lenovo T61 running Vista there is a "hidden" 7 GB partition that is for
    > a recovery operation.
    >
    > The balance of the Hard Disk is C.
    >
    > There is no D.
    >
    > The CD/DVD Reader/Burner is E.
    >
    > Am I able to use the Vista builtin facilities to shrink C to 20GB, and then
    > create and format a second partition (D) on the now free/unallocated area?
    >
    > If so, will this prevent me from doing a recovery as the PC was originally
    > set up for?
    >
    > Are there any hidden traps?
    >
    > Is there a GOOD site/page that describes the operation?
    >
    > Thanks.
    >
    >
    >
    Yes, you can create new partition(D) without any problem using the utility
    available in Vista. This won't affect the hidden partition at all and for
    more info read:
    http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/95398-disk-management-shrink-partition.html
     
    brummyfan, Jun 13, 2009
    #5

Share This Page