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Since: Dec 9, 2008
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 5:49 pm
Post subject: Small Partition
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| I got my computer repaired and the man put windows vista on a partition of
8gb, I just updated windows and I am running out of space is there any way I
can increase the size of the partition. I do not have a har copy of vista to
re install only the installed version on the small partition.
Is there anyone who can offer some help please
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Since: Oct 15, 2008
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:34 pm
Post subject: Re: Small Partition
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Hi, Paul,
Right click computer and select manage,
Select Disk Management and open your screen to full,
You should see how your disk looks,
C: drive should be the biggest,
At the top of the screen you should see how much is capacity and how much is
free space.
Usually the 8mb partition is used for recovery in case of disaster.
Don't copy any files there.
C: drive is where the operating system is installed.
You can shrink C: drive and create another partition if you need to.
Jerry
"Paul Williams" wrote in message
> I got my computer repaired and the man put windows vista on a partition of
> 8gb, I just updated windows and I am running out of space is there any way
> I
> can increase the size of the partition. I do not have a har copy of vista
> to
> re install only the installed version on the small partition.
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> Is there anyone who can offer some help please
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Since: Nov 30, 2008
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:09 am
Post subject: RE: Small Partition
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Vista will not install on 8G partition.
What you are seeing is the Recovery Partition, which you are supposed to use
to make Recovery disks in case of Hard drive failure, and also to use to
repair back to Factory condition in case of Operating System crash.
Leave it alone! >> Stay informed about: Small Partition |
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Since: Dec 10, 2008
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:58 pm
Post subject: RE: Small Partition
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I have two partitions on my HD, one is C:\ with windows vista home prem on it
I chose to update it as I jhaven't had a plug for it for a while and it only
now has 215MB left and the other partition D:\ has one program I've installed
google chrome and it is empty with 80Gb free there is no recovery partition
as far as I can see
Any other advice you can come up with please
TA
"Mick Murphy" wrote:
> Vista will not install on 8G partition.
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> What you are seeing is the Recovery Partition, which you are supposed to use
> to make Recovery disks in case of Hard drive failure, and also to use to
> repair back to Factory condition in case of Operating System crash.
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> Leave it alone!
> --
> Mad Mike
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> "Paul Williams" wrote:
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> > I got my computer repaired and the man put windows vista on a partition of
> > 8gb, I just updated windows and I am running out of space is there any way I
> > can increase the size of the partition. I do not have a har copy of vista to
> > re install only the installed version on the small partition.
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> > Is there anyone who can offer some help please
> > >> Stay informed about: Small Partition |
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Since: Oct 15, 2008
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:57 pm
Post subject: Re: Small Partition
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Paul,
Which is it, 8GB or 80GB?
Jerry
"Paul Williams" wrote in message
> I got my computer repaired and the man put windows vista on a partition of
> 8gb, I just updated windows and I am running out of space is there any way
> I
> can increase the size of the partition. I do not have a har copy of vista
> to
> re install only the installed version on the small partition.
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> Is there anyone who can offer some help please
> >> Stay informed about: Small Partition |
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Since: Dec 10, 2008
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:57 pm
Post subject: Re: Small Partition
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The C:\ drive is 8gb in total and has 200Mb free and,
the D:\ drive is 80gbin total with 79gb free
the C:\ drive is the one with vista on and it's not a recover partition either
TA
"JerryM" wrote:
> Paul,
> Which is it, 8GB or 80GB?
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> Jerry
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> "Paul Williams" wrote in message
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> > I got my computer repaired and the man put windows vista on a partition of
> > 8gb, I just updated windows and I am running out of space is there any way
> > I
> > can increase the size of the partition. I do not have a har copy of vista
> > to
> > re install only the installed version on the small partition.
> >
> > Is there anyone who can offer some help please
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> >> Stay informed about: Small Partition |
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Since: Oct 15, 2008
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:18 pm
Post subject: Re: Small Partition
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Paul,
There is something wrong here,
Vista when first installed is a little over 17GB in size.
After you start adding programs it will jump to, from 22GB to around 35GB in
size.
You say C: drive is only 8GB which doesn't make sense.
Are you booting from D: drive?
Or are you using another computer?
Jerry
"Paul Williams" wrote in message
> The C:\ drive is 8gb in total and has 200Mb free and,
> the D:\ drive is 80gbin total with 79gb free
> the C:\ drive is the one with vista on and it's not a recover partition
> either
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> TA
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> "JerryM" wrote:
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>> Paul,
>> Which is it, 8GB or 80GB?
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>> Jerry
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>> "Paul Williams" wrote in
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>> > I got my computer repaired and the man put windows vista on a partition
>> > of
>> > 8gb, I just updated windows and I am running out of space is there any
>> > way
>> > I
>> > can increase the size of the partition. I do not have a har copy of
>> > vista
>> > to
>> > re install only the installed version on the small partition.
>> >
>> > Is there anyone who can offer some help please
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>> >> Stay informed about: Small Partition |
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Since: Nov 19, 2008
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 10:07 am
Post subject: Re: Small Partition
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FYI, a fresh, clean install of Vista Business takes up a bit less than 7
GB, and after drivers are installed and the system has been running for
a while (and finished indexing, etc.) it takes up just under 10GB.
However, I don't think it will let you install it on a partition that
small, seems like I remember it requiring 15GB to install. >> Stay informed about: Small Partition |
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 10:53 am
Post subject: Re: Small Partition
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I wasn't aware of that,
He didn't mention what version he had,
Thanks,
Jerry
"Zaphod Beeblebrox" wrote in message
> FYI, a fresh, clean install of Vista Business takes up a bit less than 7
> GB, and after drivers are installed and the system has been running for a
> while (and finished indexing, etc.) it takes up just under 10GB. However,
> I don't think it will let you install it on a partition that small, seems
> like I remember it requiring 15GB to install.
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> Zaphod
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> No matter where you go, there you are!
<Snip> >> Stay informed about: Small Partition |
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