Disk Drive

PaulSmith SG

hi,

I have 2 local disk drive. C: is FAT, E is NTFS. is there a way to merge into 1 drive?

if not may i know how to assign more disk space for the drive which has lower disk space. Mr. Green

chanff8 SG

If they belong to one physical hard disk, you can. But you'll need to format the entire hard disk to either NTFS or FAT32.

As for the second question, I can't figure out a way without both drives suffering from data loss.

PaulSmith SG

yes is just 1 hard disk. i just need for normal use. i'm not sure wat is NTFS or FAT32. pls advise how to go about format into 1. thanks

manyu882 SG

The answer to 2nd question.

ok this is a little bit tedious.

you need to download some partition program: partion magic etc...
make sure u have boot disk made from the prog( cos around 5% chance will have system failure while doing the task)

ok third, u need to know which partion is beside which partition. for example, i have C: D: and E: disk drive partitioned.... u must know the position of them inside the disk. and assume that the position is in this order..C: on the left, D: in the middle and E: on the right.

if you need to shift space from C: to E: , you have to first shift disk space from C: to D:, then from D: to E:
you must do a defragment( partition magic can do a dregrament for you i think) on the disk drive u want to withdraw the space from. this is to ensure that the free disk space is arranged nearer to E: drive.

Note :all these above steps are only for IDE disk drives. SATA drive can just shift space in a easier way

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for your case, what you have to do is... (if u are using IDE disk drive)
lets assume your D: drive needs more space. so.. u need to shift space from C:

1. download the 3rd party partition program,
2. Make a bootdisk from it.
3. check your partition structure. is it C: first then D: or D: first than C:.
4(a). if is C: first then D:, defrag your C: drive.
4(b). if its D: first then C:, defrag your D: drive.
5. next, just use partition magic and shift space. read its manual.. they got teach u how to shift space. and u are done.

ALl the above : Do at your own risk

manyu882 SG

The answer to first question.

Those 2 drives need to be physically 1 drive. means that they are partitioned from a disk drive.

you will also need to know which one has system file.. preferable to delete the partion which has NO SYSTEM FILES. or in other words, no Operating system(OS in short form).

lets say i want C: and D: merge. C: has OS and D: doesnt have. and D: has no important files

1. use a third partion prog like... partition magic.
2. [VERY IMPT] do a boot disk using partition magic.( incase got boot failure)
3. use partition magic to delete D: drive... then the D: drive space will become raw space, then add space to C: from the raw patition. then, execute the actions. this will require you to restart com.

done.the method above will still keep your C: files

This is however, only virtually looks like its merged... but actually, in the new C: drive, you can see a small 8mb parted in between the space drive. in other words.. physically its not merged..

if you want to really full merge(w/o wasting the 8mb in between the c Smile , you have to reformat the whole com, delete the partitions.. and make as one. ALL data will be loss. unless... you backup an image of C: it( preferablly using norton ghost)then it load back to the reformatted drive

ALL the above : DO at your own risk